Education Matters is thrilled to announce that starting for our L6/11th grade students entering our school in January 2025, we are launching the USAP Community School Named Scholarship Program. This initiative will provide financial assistance for tuition, academic and student support, room and board, and co-curricular offerings to students who meet all four USAP criteria: …

Two faculty members from USAP Community School, Alistar Panashe, Physics Teacher, and Rebecca Zeigler Mano, School College Counselor and Director, were among 2024 Yale Educator Award recipients. They were nominated by Hussein Panashe Zindonda, USAP Community School ’23 and Yale University ’28, a first year student considering double majoring in electrical engineering and computer science.’28 …

On the 7th of September, Hamdi Ulukaya, the founder and CEO of Chobani, made a remarkable visit to the USAP Community School in Marondera. His presence brought immense joy and showcased the highest level of the human spirit. During his visit, Hamdi shared his story from growing up as a Kurdish shepherd to becoming a …

Education Matters is proud to announce that TWEENS has been awarded a Julia Taft Refugee Fund grant by the U.S. Embassy Harare and @state.PRM. The project titled “TWEENS Empowering Through Education-For Refugee Youth by Refugee Youth” has been approved for  USD $25,000 funding. This one year capacity building grant that began in August of 2024 …

September marks our Global Annual USAP Anniversary month. This year friends, USAP Alumni and family gathered in various geographic locations concurrently with the goal to support the USAP Community School through the USAP Run/Walk/Cycle/Hike Campaign. On Saturday, 21 September 2024, communities across the globe came together for the USAP Run/Walk/Cycle/Hike, a heart-warming event aimed at …

Of the 2024 Rise’s 100 Global winners from the whole world, twenty being from the African continent, two were from Zimbabwe and are both from USAP Community School. This great news was announced on 17 September, 2024 and we are incredibly proud. Congratulations to our USAP Community School Students, Sean Mutunhire(U6) and Londubuhle Moyo(L6) for …

Keith Anesu Raul Tamwa was honoured to attend the prestigious Pan African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO) 2024 as part of the Zimbabwe team. Over 27 African countries were represented. Keith is an Upper Six student at USAP Community School pursuing mathematics, physics, chemistry, humanities, computers and capstone. PAMO is an annual mathematics competition for high school …

On your marks! Set your calendars for September 21, 2024! We’re excited to announce the launch of our second annual fundraising run, an event that brings people together from around the world to support a great cause. We launched the fundraising campaign on Monday 26 August 2024. You can access it here: https://usap24.causevox.com/ Get set! …

From  the 16th to the 18th of August, eight vibrant Education Matters delegates, seven being USAP Alumni, gathered as part of the three-day 29th AFS Youth Assembly in New York City, to learn, network, and create an impact that will advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals. These are Betty Mafemera, Dieudonne Makelele, Menard Simoya, Nyasha …

In July 2023, while browsing social media, I came across an article by Marvelous Tshuma, known as the Queen of Batonga, urging the public to fund the treatment for a person with Albinism who was on the brink of death. Marvelous Tshuma is the Public Relations Manager for Noble Hands Trust, a nonprofit organization based …

On Saturday, August 3, history was made as we celebrated the grand opening of USAP Community School permanent campus located on Ruwazi Road in Marondera. The new campus is set on 93 hectares of wondrous miombo woodlands and balancing rocks. The event’s theme, ‘Centering Africa’  resonated with our commitment to a vision that is deeply …

A joyous event marked the culmination of eight  weeks of dedicated professional work for Zimbabwean university students abroad.  Zimbabwe Career Connect under Education Matters brought together interns who had been placed in esteemed companies such as Afrikera, Ascot Engineering, Econet Wireless, IH Group, Liquid Telecoms, Netro Electronics and Uncommon.org to celebrate. From June to July, …