Let us all here at Friends of Pakati wish all our followers, donors, sponsors & readers a (belated) very Happy New Year!
As we are now over two weeks into 2024, I feel we should let you know what is happening with Friends of Pakati, and how the schools are getting on as their new term has begun.
Firstly, ourselves. Friends of Pakati is now into its 6th year of existence, and we are still going strong!
Coming up in the next few weeks are:
• Action plan for fundraising activities
• New podcasts with various guests
• New posts about life at the two Pakati schools
• Developments around the collection of promised IT
• Information about our key supporters & donors
• More social media posts as well as regular blogs
We had a bit of a lean year in 2023, but have still kept going. We aim to improve our funds, our statistics for views & visitors to the website, and raise our profile during the year, as we hope to make a return visit to the schools & deliver more IT & sports equipment to coincide.
In conjunction with our podcast host, Brad Mell, we are in the process of securing some more important guests to interview.
We are currently trying to organise the collection of the promised computers from our donor, the Stephenson Group, and have them stored while we get on with raising sufficient funds to ship them out to Pakati.
Next, the schools themselves have now re-opened after the Christmas & New Year holidays – summer in Zimbabwe!
I heard recently from Mr Chizenya, Head of Pakati Secondary school, that they re-opened on the 9th of January, and all staff had reported for duty on time over the weekend before.
I have just been sent some pics & info from Mapanga Primary school which I will publish another day, so here is a taster…
So plenty to look forward to in the coming weeks!
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