The project is centered on the feeder area for the Zinatsa Secondary School in the Chivhu communal area approximately 200 km south of Harare. The project team works collaboratively with the staff of Zinatsa Secondary School and its feeder schools; Zinatsa Primary, Zhenje Primary and Munyimi Primary.
The project is primarily focussed on increasing the number of children orphaned by AIDS that complete high school to either 'O Level' or 'A Level' standard through strengthening existing 'families' and improving educational and medical services.
Strategies include:
Removing the barriers to regular school attendance by AIDS orphans
Equipping schools with sufficient educational resources to provide a satisfactory education to all pupils
Establishing a sustainable visiting clinic to provide medical assistance to AIDS orphans and their carers
Establishing a business cooperative for carers making and selling school uniforms
Objectives
By December 2007
95% of AIDS orphans beginning Grade 1 in 2006 to complete Grade 2
95% of AIDS orphans beginning Form 1 in 2007 to complete Form 1
Visiting clinic established
By January 2008
100% of eligible AIDS orphans to enrol in Grade 1
100% of eligible AIDS orphans to enrol in Form 1
By December 2008
90% of AIDS orphans beginning Grade 1 in 2006 to complete Grade 3
90% of AIDS orphans beginning Form 1 in 2007 to complete Form 2
School uniform cooperative established
By December 2009
90% of AIDS orphans beginning Grade 1 in 2006 to complete Grade 4
85% of AIDS orphans beginning Form 1 in 2007 to complete Form 3
Comprehensive teachers resource library established in each school
By December 2010
90% of AIDS orphans beginning Grade 1 in 2006 to complete Grade 5
80% of AIDS orphans beginning Form 1 high school in 2007 to complete Form 4 and sit for O Level exams
School uniform cooperative operating on a sustainable basis
By December 2012
90% of AIDS orphans beginning Grade 1 primary school in 2006 to complete Grade 7
80% of AIDS orphans beginning Form 1 high school in 2009 to complete Form 4 and sit for O Level exams
20% of AIDS orphans completing Form 4 in 2010 to complete Form 6 and sit for A Level exams
Visiting clinic is supported by self-sustaining trust