A few years ago Parkskolan in Örnsköldsvik started “Operation syskonskola”.
“Operation syskonskola” is a way to collect money through charity.
Parskolan collected 40 000 SKr in 1999, to build and start a school for men in Muvezi, Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe.
The project has come so far that the school only misses a few things like; windows, desks and other school items.

Muvezi
In Autumn 2005, class 2 in the Social Science Programme (internationalisation) started a new “Operation syskonskola” to collect some money for the things that are missing, so we can open the school.
The good thing to start a school for men is that they stay home with their families and more of them get better education and a good jobs.
By starting this school the spread of AIDS decreases because men don´t move around searching for jobs.
The fundraising hasn´t started yet because the class hasn´t got a date from our principal.
The thought is that we will get a day off school to work at home or at a company to earn at least 100 SKr each, which we then give to the school.

Muvezi school is for the moment a school for furniture manufacturers. The school is well-known in the whole of Zimbabwe, and that´s because there are no other furniture-stores in the country.
The most sold product is coffins, because of the big bereavements in AIDS.

Enos Siguake is a school director in Kwe Kwe and he has done a study trip for three weeks to Örnsköldsvik and Parkskolan. Enos met a teacher, Stellan Bäcklund who works with co-ordination of all “syskonskoleprojects”. It was like this the whole project started.

The Country
The city of Kwe Kwe is positioned in the country´s centre, between the big cities Harare and Bulawayo.
Kwe Kwe has a very agreeable climate, for example in the summer the temperature is around
23,5 C and in the winter is about 29 C.