Join us on Friday February 11 2022 at 7:00pm to fill your kitchen with the tastes and smells of Palestine. Cook-a-Long host Gwen of It’s From Scratch Ltd will guide us through 4 recipes, giving cooking hints and tips while you create: Chicken or Halloumi Shawarma, Gazan Salad, Quick Flatbreads and Apricot and Date Filo Rolls. …
Our very first Online Auction is Live
And the virtual whisky tasting goes to… !!! We have some fantastic prizes in our online auction, a first for ZRSDP, including tickets to the Blast T20 cricket match at The Oval, an inflatable hot tub, a round of golf at Muirfield and a Swimming Masterclass with a member of the British Olympic Coaching Team. …
Help Zimbabwe Rural Schools Development Programme raise vital funds this Christmas
This year why not send your friends and family one of our digital Christmas Cards and make a small donation with the money you saved on cards and stamps? ZRSDP has teamed up with Virgin Money Giving. You can choose a design, add your message, and then share the goodwill with everyone you know on Facebook, …
WATER IS LIFE
It is with joy that we provided students and teachers at Mayezane Primary School access to clean water. Mayezane Primary School was established in 1911, making it one of the oldest schools in the Matabeleland South province in Zimbabwe. It is located just 114km from Bulawayo and has a current enrolment of 223 pupils. Since …
Check out the video footage to see the transformation of Mayezane Primary school
Jeremie Warner, from our partner Power a Life, has shared with us footage from his recent visit to Mayezane. The reel shows what the school looks like and you can see the refurbished classroom block and toilets. Jeremie was able to shoot these images before Zimbabwe went in to lock down. So we have had …
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Mayezane Primary school is complete
We are delighted to announce that the first phase of Mayezane Primary school is complete. We have just received the official sign-off from the Ministry of Education in Matabeleland Province. The classroom block was a condemned building that we managed to fully refurbish, and the toilets are complete as well. Thank you very much to …
Hambakwe primary school
Major, our team member on the ground in Chidamoyo has been to visit Hambakwe. The 1 x 2 classroom block has now been completed. ZRSDP took interest in this area because of the dedication of the people and their local leadership. The school was started with one small shed and two teacher houses and one being used as …
Fantastic event at the Liberal Club
Thank you very much to all those that came last night to the Liberal Club. We had over 100 guests attend our fundraiser for Mayezane Primary School. We raised £30,000. Big shout outs to Netsai Mangwende (UK CFO of Willis Towers Watson) who was the driving force for the evening, the WTW multicultural network who hosted …
Mayezane Primary 2019 fundraising campaign
We are delighted that Netsai Mangwende has chosen ZRSDP to support in 2019. Netsai, who comes from Zimbabwe and has carved out a successful career in the city, is fundraising to raise money to transform a community in rural Zimbabwe. Click here to know more about it and how you can be involved. See the Fundraising Campaign
Pub Quizzes are back
Please come and join us tomorrow at Willy’s Wine Bar. It will be a night full of fun and prizes. See you there!