Harare, February 15, 2012: Zimbabwean students described being black in the United States as a challenge influenced by historical, regional and generational factors, but which offers international students an opportunity to educate colleagues about their country of origin. “People have no idea where Zimbabwe is and they assume you can’t speak English and don’t know anything…so right from the introduction you have that barrier to overcome. But generally in that situation once you start talking, people understand you and where you come from,” said Tendai Machingaidze, a student with Albany Medical College in the U.S. Tendai and Chiwoneso Tinago facilitated a... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, February 15th 2012 |
Harare, February 15, 2012: U.S. Ambassador Charles Ray officially handed over US$62,000 in small grants to five Zimbabwean community-based groups at a grant signing ceremony in Harare on Wednesday. The grants are part of the 32-year-old U.S. Ambassador’s Self Help Fund, a U.S. government grassroots assistance program for small, community-based development projects. Since 1980, the Fund has awarded approximately $3 million through 300 grants to groups in all 10 provinces. The recipient organizations are involved in various community income and service projects, including a dormitory for girls, a two classroom block, a borehole, a grinding mill and a garden project. The combined... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, February 15th 2012 |
By Sinem Bilen-Onabanjo – MoneyGram International, one of the leading international money transfer companies, was unveiled on 9 February 2012 as the 2012 Headline Sponsor for second edition of Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA). At the press conference held at MoneyGram’s London headquarters chaired by Dr. Knox Chitiyo, the Africa Fellow and head of the Africa Programme at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) in Whitehall, London and Chairman of the Britain- Zimbabwe Society (BZS), the panel comprising the ZAA CEO Conrad Mwanza, MoneyGram Marketing Director Richard Levy, ZAA Panel Chairman Zeb Manatse and Peter Soko, a founding member of the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, February 12th 2012 |
By Alfred Tembo – As part of the Black History Month commemoration (BHM) Gweru US Education centre extended its reach out to campaign to schools in the rural areas. This year’s celebrations activities for Zimbabwe, involves an essay contest which targets colleges and high schools students. In a recently the tour that was facilitated by Orphans Education and Agriculture Support, to allow some children to be part of the centre, saw over 20 pupils from different schools attending the program. Orphans Education and Agriculture Support is a catholic organization that aims at uplifting and improving the communities by educating children as... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, February 9th 2012 |
By Showbiz Reporter – Paidamoyo Mutyambizi, a Zimbabwean model based in Australia has won the January wildcard to mark the return of the Face of Zimbabwe competition, a popular international internet based pageant for Zimbabweans worldwide. Launched last year to promote the country abroad, Face of Zimbabwe is coming out of a successful year which saw huge international interest and the crowning of Sibo Bero as Face of Zimbabwe 2012. The pageant attracted finalists from China, UK, USA, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and Zimbabwe establishing itself as a premier and much sought after crown. The competition selects a finalist... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, February 4th 2012 |
