<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-td-pb-row" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-td-pb-span12" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:1020px;min-height:1px;float:left;padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px"><div class="gmail-td-post-header" style="box-sizing:border-box"><h1 class="entry-title" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:44px;margin:0px 0px 5px;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-weight:400;line-height:54px">Deaf Zimbabwe Trust Pins Hope On New Education Policy</h1><div class="gmail-td-module-meta-info" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Open Sans",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;margin-bottom:16px;line-height:1;min-height:17px"><span class="gmail-td-post-date gmail-td-post-date-no-dot" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(68,68,68);display:inline-block;margin-left:4px;float:left;margin-right:22px">May 26, 2019</span></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-td-pb-row" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-td-pb-span8 gmail-td-main-content" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:680px;min-height:1px;float:left;padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px"><div class="gmail-td-ss-main-content" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-clearfix" style="box-sizing:border-box"></div><div class="gmail-td-post-sharing-top" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:30px"><div id="gmail-td_social_sharing_article_top" class="gmail-td-post-sharing gmail-td-ps-bg gmail-td-ps-notext gmail-td-post-sharing-style1" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Open Sans",arial,sans-serif;white-space:nowrap;opacity:1"><div class="gmail-td-post-sharing-visible" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block"><div class="gmail-td-social-sharing-button gmail-td-social-sharing-button-js gmail-td-social-handler gmail-td-social-share-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;margin:0px 18px 7px 3px;height:40px;min-width:40px;font-size:11px;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:rgb(68,68,68);border:1px solid rgb(233,233,233);border-radius:2px;opacity:1"><div class="gmail-td-social-but-icon" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;padding-left:13px;padding-right:13px;line-height:40px;width:40px;border-top-right-radius:2px;border-bottom-right-radius:2px"><i class="gmail-td-icon-share" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;font-size:14px"></i></div><div class="gmail-td-social-but-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;padding-left:12px;padding-right:17px;line-height:40px;font-weight:700">Share</div></div><a class="gmail-td-social-sharing-button gmail-td-social-sharing-button-js gmail-td-social-network gmail-td-social-facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zimeye.net%2F2019%2F05%2F26%2Fdeaf-zimbabwe-trust-pins-hope-on-new-education-policy%2F" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;display:inline-block;margin:0px 3px 7px;height:40px;min-width:40px;font-size:11px;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;overflow:hidden;opacity:1"><div class="gmail-td-social-but-icon" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;padding-left:13px;padding-right:13px;line-height:40px;border-radius:2px;width:40px;background-color:rgb(81,110,171)"><i class="gmail-td-icon-facebook" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;font-size:14px"></i></div></a><a class="gmail-td-social-sharing-button gmail-td-social-sharing-button-js gmail-td-social-network gmail-td-social-twitter" href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Deaf+Zimbabwe+Trust+Pins+Hope+On+New+Education+Policy&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zimeye.net%2F2019%2F05%2F26%2Fdeaf-zimbabwe-trust-pins-hope-on-new-education-policy%2F&via=ZimEye" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;display:inline-block;margin:0px 3px 7px;height:40px;min-width:40px;font-size:11px;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;overflow:hidden;opacity:1"><div class="gmail-td-social-but-icon" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;padding-left:13px;padding-right:13px;line-height:40px;border-radius:2px;width:40px;background-color:rgb(41,197,246)"><i class="gmail-td-icon-twitter" style="box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;font-size:12px"></i></div></a><a class="gmail-td-social-sharing-button gmail-td-social-sharing-button-js gmail-td-social-network gmail-td-social-googleplus" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=https://www.zimeye.net/2019/05/26/deaf-zimbabwe-trust-pins-hope-on-new-education-policy/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-line:none;display:inline-block;margin:0px 3px 7px;height:40px;min-width:40px;font-size:11px;text-ali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