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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A Zimbabwean man based in the United States of America has built a private school in his home area in Ward 5 Zimnyathini in Umzingwane District.<\/p>\n

Cecil Sibanda said since 2014, he had intended to build a school in his home area to alleviate challenges faced by learners in accessing quality education.<\/p>\n

The school is called Mlomotsha School of Excellency. It is sited on a 24-hectare piece of land and so far the school has three blocks, a teachers\u2019 cottage, and an ablution facility.<\/p>\n

The school has so far enrolled 40 Form 1 pupils with a staff complement of four teachers.<\/p>\n

Speaking during the official opening of the school recently, Sibanda said he was aware of the challenges faced by rural learners as he had experienced them firsthand. He said:<\/p>\n

I grew up in this area walking the distance, I know what the children are going through for them to get an education, I know the challenges and the hunger after walking 10km, I understand them better than someone who would have come from another area to construct a school here.<\/p>\n

I know all the fruits found in the veld, how we used to kneel down in a river to dig up water and drink, I know how to cross a flooded river because I was born here.<\/p>\n

Sibanda said the vision of the school is to provide quality education to those who do not have money without compromising quality.<\/p>\n

He added that the school is going to venture into income-generating projects such as a poultry project and he also plans to make the school partly a low-cost boarding and ordinary boarding.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. A Zimbabwean man based in the United States of America has built a private school in his home area in Ward 5 Zimnyathini in Umzingwane District. Cecil Sibanda said since 2014, he had intended to build a school in his home area to alleviate challenges faced by learners in accessing quality education. 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