Tariro neGitare
Tariro Chaniwa
Executive Chairperson
Leads the Festival Secretariat and coordinates the proposed research workstream.
Our story
The learner behind the results matters as much as the results.
Young people need room to think, create, connect and recover. They also need adults who can hear what they are communicating. The Matters That Count brings those needs together through the arts.
Lomagundi College presents
An anchor for
a shared ambition.
Lomagundi College
Presenting Anchor School and founding institutional host.
Under the leadership of Principal Ms Nellie Nyeke, Lomagundi College provides the founding institutional home for the festival’s school partnership. Its culture, arts, safeguarding and marketing leads help shape a credible school experience.
The public festival is planned for Harare. Lomagundi’s founding role is distinct from the festival’s public venues.
Originated by Pamumvuri PVO
Creativity opens
a practical pathway.
Pamumvuri PVO and Festival Architect Tapiwa Chinyadza originated the initiative to connect mental wealth with the outcomes young people, families and schools care about: learning, relationships, creativity, agency and future readiness.
What we mean by mental wealth
The capacity to think, create, connect, recover and perform sustainably.
The festival supports that capacity through meaningful creative work, structured conversations, trusted adults and continuing school action. It does not ask art to diagnose a student or replace professional care.
What change would look like
Students have more ways to express ideas and seek support. Adults respond with greater understanding. Schools carry useful practices forward. These are intended outcomes to examine, not results already claimed for an inaugural event.
Our guiding idea
Better ships.
Not calmer seas.
We cannot remove every pressure from a young person’s life. We can help build the skills, relationships and support that make those pressures more navigable.
See the school journeyThe people shaping the festival
Creative ambition.
Shared responsibility.
Pamumvuri PVO
Tapiwa Chinyadza
Festival Architect
Originates the festival’s purpose and connects its creative, educational and mental-wealth ambitions.
Lomagundi College
Tamari Nhamu
Lomagundi Lead · Head of Culture
Connects the festival to school leadership, culture and institutional participation.
Lomagundi College
Stan Makondo
Arts Lead
Supports arts departments, creative development and participating-school relationships.
Lomagundi College
Lynn Chinenyanga
Safeguarding Lead
Leads participant boundaries, safeguarding coordination and appropriate support routes.
Lomagundi College
Maidei Goredema
Marketing & Brand Custodian
Coordinates communication and protects the presenting school’s identity.
Festival Secretariat
Peter Churu
Creative Sector & Institutional Liaison
Connects performance, creative practitioners and institutional conversations.
The next chapter starts with interest
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