Greetings all! Welcome to this blog, the first in the lead up to the Zimbabwean elections next month – see why here: https://friendsofpakati.com/2023/07/12/announcement-by-friends-of-pakati/
It gives me the opportunity to revisit things we – Friends of Pakati – have done in our first 4 years, & tell or retell some stories about Pakati and its community.
Let me first let you into a little secret…I have never considered myself to be a creative person, yet over this last 4+ years I have managed to keep this blog going, even through the Coronavirus pandemic.
Often I have no idea what I will write about, but then I might receive a message from someone which gives me an idea; other times it might be a picture – such as the one at the top of the school signboard – that will inspire me to create something from nothing, e.g. https://friendsofpakati.com/2021/05/18/not-just-a-school-signboard/
This post is dedicated to my first return to Pakati, using pictures I took there in 2018. The visit is what inspired me to start Friends of Pakati, thanks in no small part to Head Mr Chifaka (pictured above with the Author). His response to my question about what developments he would most like to see at Pakati was one word – Computers! This blog/website, social media presence & fundraising has all flowed from that single word.
In the next few weeks I will revisit out key fundraising efforts, our visits to Pakati in 2019 & 2022, stories I have told before, & meet some of our key stakeholders. Until then, here is a reminder of our important links:
For Twitter, Facebook & Instagram, use @friendsofpakati then for youtube: https://m.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=friends+of+pakati
For fundraising use http://gofundme.com/friends-of-pakati or http://paypal.me/friendsofpakati
To email us, use friendsofpakati@gmail.com
