Chipochashe Junior School

Chipochashe Junior School is a community project that seeks to empower the rural community of Zhanje village in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. This literacy and education programme teaches children in grades 1 to 4 who reside in the area. The school aims to ensure better spelling and reading skills for primary school children. While promoting quality education and e-learning, the school also seeks to balance the nutritional status of each of these children by offering clean water and food produced in the area and promoting necessary health care. The project consists of an ECD centre serving 96 students, a borehole with a community water point, community garden, poultry project (laying hens and broilers), duck shop, windmill and a women's sewing and craft training project. The project impacts over 150 households in the community and is value based on the legacy of Nelson Mandela.