Our Motto: Never Give Up!​
Our Goal: is to positively touch upon and add value to the lives of disabled children in Zimbabwe. To develop the strength & skills of each child and to help them reach their full potential​
Our Mission: is to provide education, rehabilitation and independent-living training for physically disabled children from all over Zimbabwe
Our Family: the students at KGVI suffer from a whole range of disabilities and these are not all just physical. Many of our students are now orphans or come from families with low to nil regular incomes. The catch phrase ‘Orphans & Vulnerable Children’ (OVCs) is a perfect description of our students and yet the words that come to mind when describing the KGVI family are:​
DETERMINATION - ABILITY - COURAGE - JOY - CONFIDENCE - INDEPENDENCE!!!
​Areas of Operation: Throughout Zimbabwe. Headquarters – Bulawayo
​Registration Number: W/O 27/67
The Centre & School – Operations:
We provide rehabilitation and boarding facilities to physical disabled children and deaf children from the ages of 3 to 20 years. The Centre works in conjunction with the King George VI Memorial School (a government school) and takes children from all over the country. It is the only secondary education facility in Zimbabwe for disabled children and the only primary school in the southern Zimbabwe. We also have a strong vocational training element for senior students.
Management:
KGVI is a Non Governmental Organisation registered with the department of Social Welfare. It is a welfare organisation reliant on donations. The Centre is managed by 2 directors, supervised by a Management Board made up of prominent Bulawayo citizens.
Statistics:
360 children in school with 100 children in independent living houses
20% of our children are orphans but a staggering 80% are vulnerable
Other Involvements:
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Advocacy work for disability rights in Zimbabwe through music and video
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Championing rights of disabled children to be given access to education, including tertiary
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Production of national sign language dictionary for Zimbabwe and promotion of sign language
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Teaching of sign language to teachers in training at United College of Education
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Spearheading of research programme into more effective education for deaf students
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Community based rehabilitation in Bulawayo urban
Sponsoring a Child
How about sponsoring one of our children?
About Us
The majority of children who attend KGVI come from socially deprived backgrounds, with very little income coming into the families. Many of our children are orphans, cared for by grandparents or older siblings and even more are from single parent families. Currently we have 27 children (13 girls, 14 boys) whose families cannot afford the boarding fees or the school fees and who would not be able to attend KGVI if we were not able to find bursaries for them.
Please consider helping – even a part payment will help us keep a child at school. THANKS!!
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Boarding fees 1 term $500
Boarding fees 1 year $1,500
School fees 1 term $92
(primary)
$112 (secondary)