KING GEORGE VI CENTRE

BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE

disability, rehabilitation and Education

Contact: lomaswati mavhangira (PICTURED)
2025/26 MAIN Grant: £10,000 (€11,700)
staff wellbeing grant: £1,500 (€1,750)

Having started in the 1950s, the staff and children of King George VI School and Centre (KG6) would describe themselves as a family. Learning from and looking after each other. They provide rehabilitation and boarding facilities for nearly 300 students with physical disabilities and those who are deaf; as well as many without a disability. Students range from 3 to 20-years-old and many are orphans or come from low-income families.

It is a joyous place where words such as confidence, independence and ability are much used. KG6 receives minimal government support, therefore Loma and the KG6 community are reliant upon donations. The school/centre provides an academic education as well as a vocational training programme. In addition, there are speech and language, physio and occupational therapies are provided. In a country where having a disability can carry great stigma and exclude people from opportunities open to others, KGVI helps the young people gain skills for life so that they have a much greater chance of finding their niche and contributing to society and enjoying life. Their motto is “Never Give Up”.

“I was so impressed with WDR’s ‘People not Projects’ motto. We’ve done ‘projects’ work, but when people come first, it works. I love that statement!”

Precious Ncube, KG6 Staff

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