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By Executive Director, CLUBHOUSE International (Zimbabwe) The program started at around 12.30 (July 25th, 2014) soon after the arrival of the Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary schools Education Prof. Paul Mavima and Executive Director of CLUBHOUSE Zimbabwe, Mr Nyasha Matavire.The national anthem started the proceedings and it was soon followed by an opening prayer … Continue reading “OUR LIVES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME…” CLUBHOUSE FESTIVAL 2014 REPORT

 It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.”-Muhammad Ali  It is our absolute pleasure to introduce and congratulate our second class of CLUBHOUSE Scholarship Recipients! With the endorsement of their community, these seventh grade students have exemplified commitment to bettering themselves and … Continue reading CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2014 CLUBHOUSE AMBASSADORS!

This past New Year’s Eve, our good friends at Just Do it Again Hoops made a very special half-time appearance at the reigning Calder champions, Grand Rapids Griffins hockey game played at the Van Andel Arena. In addition to al their wonderful work in the community, special mention was made of their partnership with CLUBHOUSE … Continue reading JUST DO IT AGAIN HOOPS GETS SHOUT-OUT AT GRIFFINS GAME

By Shingi Mavima ( International Exec. Director)  I remember when I first met Nyasha. Here I was at 12, having just moved from low-income Mutare suburbs to one of Harare’s finer neighborhoods for high school. Expectedly, I was way out of my depth in my new surroundings. I fancied myself academically, but I bore little … Continue reading A SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS: MR. NYASHA MATAVIRE

You will never forget your first time. The nerves of the first day of school. The feeling of apparent ‘wealth’ after your first pay-check. The stomach butterflies of your first love. The surreal experience of seeing your favorite band performing on stage for the first time. That feeling is decidedly unrivaled. Chances are we’ll go … Continue reading FAREWELL TO OUR THE FIRST “CLUBHOUSE ELEVEN”

By guest contributor Tawanda Mberi (As quoted from his recent posting on Facebook) My new hero is officially “Gunners” Mtisi, a combi driver from Mount Pleasant. Mr Mtisi picked up my phone a week and a half ago in Mount Pleasant. My battery was dead so out of the goodness of his heart he bought … Continue reading 14 MILLION MR. ‘GUNNERS’

 By Nyasha Matavire (Director, CLUBHOUSE Zimbabwe) On 19 July, 2013 at 10 am, Sheni Primary school was set alight with the CLUBHOUSE festival, an event that had taken months of planning and hard work. This day was just the culmination of various activities that had been happening for months leading to that day. Our own … Continue reading WALKING THE BRIDGE (PT 2): THE CLUBHOUSE FESTIVAL

The JDIA boys hand over some of the donated shoes to CLUBHOUSE representativesOn July 19, 2013, CLUBHOUSE International hosted the first ever CLUBHOUSE Festival in Dangamvura, Mutare. The event itself was a resounding success; we will talk a little more about that in our next installment. In the weeks leading up to the event, CLUBHOUSE partnered with Just … Continue reading BRIDGING THE GAP PT 1: HOW CLUBHOUSE FESTIVAL 2013 CAME TO BE

In line with its values of community service and youth development, CLUBHOUSE International has partnered up with American Youth Basketball team ‘Just Do it Again Hoops” (JDIA) to reach out to Zimbabwean children through sport and service. That partnership was recently featured in the Local Sports Journal. You can read the full article at the … Continue reading SPOTLIGHT: CLUBHOUSE INTERNATIONAL IN THIS WEEK’S ‘LOCAL SPORTS JOURNAL’

–By Musa Milupi (Executive Director- CLUBHOUSE USA) Think back to the days of our earlier existence on the places we call our motherland; our early childhood days. when we played outside with no shame and enjoyed every blessing that mother nature threw our way. As kids in our early teens, we went outside and made … Continue reading DREAMS OF A CHILD