Nyamutora Primary School Rehabilitation Project

𝐍𝐱𝐞𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫

The fun at the school was not the end of the visit of the SLF delegation. The Nxele family had, by prior arrangement, agreed to host the delegation for Lunch (which later turned to dinner due to time overruns).It turned to be a gathering not just of and for a meal, but one of fun, with singing and dancing by the delegates, and curiosity surrounding the African round kitchens being demystified.
This was a mission not just of exploration and discovery, but more importantly of building friendships and bonding beyond cultures.
Zvimwe ndezve kuzvionera wega.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥, 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐌𝐫. 𝐌. 𝐍𝐱𝐞𝐥𝐞, 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐬. 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐢𝐤𝐚, 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝-𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.

𝐍𝐲𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐋𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

The day of 13 October is a day most people in the community of Nyamutora may never forget for the rest of their lives. They were host to a 16 strong delegation from the UK based Samuel Leeds Foundation. The delegation, which was led by Tony Crook, came to assess the needs of the school in terms of its rehabilitation and development efforts.
Samuel Leeds Foundation( https://www.samuelleedsfoundation.org/ ) is not new to development support. It has done work in Zambia and Uganda, mainly in the area of education and health. This is however their first visit to Zimbabwe and their mission has been exploratory.
Discussions with Samuel Leeds have been ongoing for some time, although it was being kept under wraps until a final confirmation of the visit and the dates was made.
The arrival of the delegation was met with a thunderous reception from the entire community, as the pictures and videos in the gallery will testify.
The delegation had a closed-door meeting with the local leadership and the school administration. Head Mistress, Ms. Manyika, and the Chairman Mr. Nxele explained the state of the school, the challenges we are facing, and the aspirations that we have for the school. The delegation was then taken on a tour of the school to highlight the gravity of the infrastructural degradation that the school faces.
The delegation ended their visit to the school with entertainment provided by a dance troupe that was arranged by the school. The local Chief, Chief Mzilawenpi, presented traditional gifts to Mr. Samuel Leeds (who was not on the trip), and Mr. Tony Crook.
So much preparation went into this visit such that there were T-sh*ts made for all the Teachers, and T shirts made for the Traditional dancers that provided the entertainment.
You can view the pictures from this Link:

𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝟐

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭

The Chairman, Mr. Mike Nxele and Treasurer Bezel Fandiso inspected the project's progress together in Nyamutora last weekend. Painting of the roof for the completed block is underway, and builders are currently working on the flooring for the second block.
The Chairman and Treasurer held a productive afternoon meeting with the Headmistress, Ms. Patience Manyika. The Treasurer and the Headmistress successfully reconciled the available inventory and materials utilised with the purchases made. We managed to update materials requirements to add the roof for Block Three, as well as the Administration block and student toilets which also need some attention.
Here are the pictures taken over the weekend.

𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬.

Isn’t this lovely?