{"id":762,"date":"2015-05-15T10:10:28","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T10:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/?p=762"},"modified":"2016-03-01T15:41:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T15:41:39","slug":"oberts-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/index.php\/oberts-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinhoyi School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst shooting \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/index.php\/zimbabwes-forgotten-children-film\/\">Zimbabwe\u2019s Forgotten Children<\/a>&#8221; in 2010, the film crew came across a very remote rural area school, where they found Obert.<\/p>\n<p>The school allowed them to film a very regular occurrence happening that day \u2013 desperate young children being humiliatingly sent away, unable to afford the small fee of $2. Only 10% of the hundreds of children in the area were able to attend school. This was a shocking discovery.<\/p>\n<p>With the donations that flooded in to help these children, we were able to cover many of the most disadvantaged children\u2019s school fees, and get many more access to a UNICEF scheme for school fee assistance. This resulted\u00a0in <strong>over 1000\u00a0children<\/strong> going back to school. With the school fees, we have been able to provide essential education materials, build 5 new classrooms, new toilet blocks, install a borehole and water pump flowing with clean water, and provide training and community programs which have benefitted 2,500 people. Today, our school and its pupils are rated at number 13 out of 100 in the district for passing exams.<\/p>\n<p>However, simply paying these fees each year is not a sustainable way to ensure the children in this area continue an enriching and successful education. What\u2019s more, with such a high rate of unemployment in Zimbabwe, we need to leave this community with the ability to provide for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>We work in close partnership with the children, their parents and the teachers. We stretch each child\u2019s levy as far as possible to create a centre of hope and education in healthy survival. Using the research and knowledge we have acquired over the last 5 years \u2013 we hope to continue creating sustainable agriculture, water, education and teacher training programs within the school community to get the guardians, school and children to a point where they are receiving a quality education and are able to live independently without the need for aid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oberts-school-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[762]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-763 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oberts-school-1024x529.jpg\" alt=\"oberts school\" width=\"1024\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oberts-school-1024x529.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oberts-school-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oberts-school.jpg 1087w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oberts-school-5.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[762]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-767 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oberts-school-5-1024x526.jpg\" alt=\"oberts school 5\" width=\"1024\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oberts-school-5-1024x526.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oberts-school-5-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oberts-school-5.jpg 1095w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oberts-school-3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[762]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-765 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oberts-school-3-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"oberts school 3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oberts-school-3-1024x531.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oberts-school-3-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zimbabweschildren.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/oberts-school-3.jpg 1088w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst shooting \u201cZimbabwe\u2019s Forgotten Children&#8221; in 2010, the film crew came across a very remote rural area school, where they found Obert. 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