The Mudeka Foundation was set up as a UK registered charity by Anna Mudeka in 2011. We currently support 43 children attending schools surrounding Harare and Chihota village in Zimbabwe. The children are selected by the headteachers and verified by our co-ordinator who visits the families and helps create profiles of the pupils. The Foundation sponsors children from Primary School to A-Levels. We work closely with the schools to not only support the children with fees but infrastructure projects as identified by the schools.

2012

1st Visit to Zimbabwe

Anna and the Trustees travelled to Harare, Zimbabwe to meet Jennifer Mudeka who was to become the Mudeka Foundation Coordinator and to visit three schools and 11 sponsored children. Whilst there they visited Muda Community School. This resulted in a commitment to sponsor the education of several orphans and a pledge to replace an unsafe school building.

2013

ZIPS

The Zimbabwe Individual Pupil Sponsorship Programme (ZIPS) was established to help fund the increasing number of pupils being sponsored.

Collaboration

A collaboration between the Mudeka Foundation and School of International Development at the University of East Anglia (UEA) was established to involve students in the work of a small local charity.

2014

Muda Project

Anna Mudeka, Elisabeth and Steve Louis visited Zimbabwe to oversee the progress of the Building Project in Muda.

Feeding Programme

Trustees, concerned about the serious effects of the drought on the Muda Community Schools, set up a Feeding Programme, funded by sponsored walks by five Norfolk Primary Schools.

2015

Muda Toilet Block

In order to make it possible for older girls to attend school, the Foundation raised sufficient funds to sponsor the building of a toilet block. This project was started late in 2015 and completed in 2016.

Muda Building Project

Building work was completed and the new classroom opened in 2015. Since then, pupil enrolment has increased substantially.

2016

MyPads

The MyPads Scheme was launched to help improve school attendance of girls who were missing school due to a lack of availability of period products.

2017

Memorial Assembly Area

Donations in memory of Harold Bodmer, a Trustee, were used to fund an assembly area at Rugare Primary School.

DigDeep for Muda

DigDeep for Muda was launched, generously funded by donations and the Mason Trust, to fund a borehole and water storage tanks at Muda Community Schools. This was completed in 2019.

2019

Agricultural Sustainability Programme

Fundraising begins for the ongoing Agricultural Sustainability Programme to support the Muda Community in setting up a kitchen garden and poultry to feed the children.

2020

COVID-19

A short pause for restructuring during the pandemic. Sponsored children were supported as soon as schools reopened.

New Team in Zimbabwe

Tinashe Sherekete joins our team in Zimbabwe