MKWCI Is Honored To Serve As Administrator For The
mKWANAZI COMPASSION scholarship fund
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Sponsor a Student Today
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computer ceremony and 2016 - lunch meeting held with students and the committee of friends trust (CoFT)
Sponsoring a student gives one the incredible opportunity to finance that student's education and make a positive impact on their future. We have the privilege and the honor to be the administrator of the Mkwanazi Compassion Scholarship Program in partnership with our Sponsors and the Committee of Friends Trust in Zimbabwe. We have now seen 17 College students graduate. These graduates represent various fields such as, Medicine, Insurance & Risk Mgt, Human Resources, Applied Mathematics, Biology, Sports Sciences, Human Resources, Environmental Science & Health, etc. Currently we are sponsoring 23 students who are still enrolled at the University of Science and Technology (NUST) and Lupane State University (LSU) in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It costs approximately $1,200 annually to sponsor a student. A contribution of $100 monthly will send a student through University in Zimbabwe.
The launching of this scholarship fund was our way of alleviating the economic challenges faced by many parents who currently reside in Bulawayo, a city that was once revered as the industrial heart of Zimbabwe and of Southern Africa to a greater extent. Scenes of desolation and abandonment now characterize Zimbabwe’s second largest city. Bulawayo’s vast industrial areas remain mostly abandoned. The roads are filled with potholes. Warehouses lie empty with broken windows. Their grand entrances, once crowded with workers, are now filled with overgrown elephant grass. Faded signs, rusting roof panels and chained gates tell a story of something gone horribly wrong.
Although the massive economic problems Zimbabwe is grappling with are not unique to Bulawayo, it is probably the country’s hardest-hit city. Tribalism is a major factor that has affected the residents of this city including the whole region of Matabeleland, which has been subjected to marginalization and disenfranchisement. Having grown up in a country that had the highest literacy rate in Africa, Education was paramount in one’s life and community. Every parent’s dream was to ensure their children received quality education. In the 1980’s Zimbabwe was reported to have an adult literacy rate of approximately 90% which was still the highest in Africa. However, Zimbabwe has since been hit by political and economic crisis that has led to a total collapse of the education system. Poor salaries for teachers and other civil servants have caused them to leave, leading to a brain drain in the country. Rural districts have been most adversely affected.
The launching of this scholarship fund was our way of alleviating the economic challenges faced by many parents who currently reside in Bulawayo, a city that was once revered as the industrial heart of Zimbabwe and of Southern Africa to a greater extent. Scenes of desolation and abandonment now characterize Zimbabwe’s second largest city. Bulawayo’s vast industrial areas remain mostly abandoned. The roads are filled with potholes. Warehouses lie empty with broken windows. Their grand entrances, once crowded with workers, are now filled with overgrown elephant grass. Faded signs, rusting roof panels and chained gates tell a story of something gone horribly wrong.
Although the massive economic problems Zimbabwe is grappling with are not unique to Bulawayo, it is probably the country’s hardest-hit city. Tribalism is a major factor that has affected the residents of this city including the whole region of Matabeleland, which has been subjected to marginalization and disenfranchisement. Having grown up in a country that had the highest literacy rate in Africa, Education was paramount in one’s life and community. Every parent’s dream was to ensure their children received quality education. In the 1980’s Zimbabwe was reported to have an adult literacy rate of approximately 90% which was still the highest in Africa. However, Zimbabwe has since been hit by political and economic crisis that has led to a total collapse of the education system. Poor salaries for teachers and other civil servants have caused them to leave, leading to a brain drain in the country. Rural districts have been most adversely affected.