Greetings all.
This particular blog is a direct follow up to the most recent podcast – https://friendsofpakati.com/2024/11/01/pakati-2024-podcast-3/ – the last in a series of 3 podcasts about before, during & after my visit to the school recently.
Mr Chizenya, Head of Pakati Seondary school, has been in touch this week with some wonderful news….
“Hello Mr Walker. We have started offering computer lessons to learners.”
An exchange between us – ” (Chris Walker): I can create a new blog to encourage people to donate towards the things we discussed – power, wifi, etc
(S T Chizenya): Good morning Mr Walker. I’m sure that will help a lot. In the meantime we are using a long cable to transfer electricity from a nearby house to the library/IT Suite. But For the past 2 days we have been delivering theory lessons because electricity has not been available in the afternoon.”
So as you can see, the Secondary school in particular is really in need of a good power supply right now. As discussed in the podcast, we need to raise US$500 to connect the ZESA supply to the school buildings as soon as we can.
With the limited power available, they were able to use one computer to demonstrate what can be done, but really they do need to be able to use all 10 we delivered this year, and the 5 we sent in 2019…please help by donating to:
http://www.gofundme.com/friends-of-pakati or
http://www.paypal.me/friendsofpakati
If you can’t donate, then please at least share this blig with your conacts on social media – Thank you so much!
Coming soon…
● Pakati Primary school: students go on a visit to Harare + more – pictures & information from the Head, Mr Mahachi
● Pakati Secondary school: video interview with Maths teacher Mr Chadenga
● Wi-fi: costs of installation & monthly payments at both schools
