User talk:ADVENT SHOKO

ADVENT SHOKO
ADVENT SHOKO is a male Zimbabwean national, researcher, disability activist, martial artist, social analyst and a political analyst as well as an entrepreneur who hails from a rural District of Mberengwa in the Midlands Province, which shares the boundary with Masvingo Province and Matebeleland South Province currently he stays in Harare. In a family of four children, (Advent; Anoint (male); Artless and Asterbell) Advent is the first born.

Date of Birth and Place

Advent Shoko was born on the 11th of January 1991 at Mnene Hospital in Mberengwa District.

Education

He attended his Primary School at Gaururo Primary school where it was unveiled that he is athletic. He was also bright in school to the extent that he was always amongst best performers in his stream despite a false start in grade 1. He went to Mabika High School before being transferred to Chegato High School where he would spend six years which lapsed in 2010.

He then proceeded to tertiary level and got admitted by the University of Zimbabwe in 2011 for an Honours Degree in Political Science. He graduated in 2014 after spending 3 years at the prestigious institution.

Socialisation Upon admission at the University of Zimbabwe, he met and made friends out of the students and some institution staff. He became friends with many students with Disabilities who had most of their time spent at the Disability Resource Centre or just DRC in short. To mention just a few, he became friends with Stephen Ngwani (who was totally visually impaired); Abraham Mateta (who was totally visually impaired); Melisa Mutukura (with albinism); Pardon Chitsvori (with albinism); Molline Masango (physically challenged) Norman Kanyerere (totally visually impaired); Sylvester Zhou (totally visually impaired),the list is endless. As a result, he saw himself sharing the same halls of residents with his new friends who he had to be with till the duration of his studies at the University of Zimbabwe.

He volunteered to be a Helper/Assistant to his new friends and got registered at the DRC mentioned above. In other words, Advent became a Disability Activist. His efforts could not go unnoticed as the Vice Chancellor of the Institution awarded him with two certificates for being the "Best Helper for the Disabled of the Year" two consecutive years. The certificates were handed over to him at the  Vice Chancellor's Awards Ceremony  which started by his office in 2013 when Advent was finishing his second year at University. The ceremony intended to identify reward and motivate great achievers in all dimensions of life.

ClUBS Advent also became a member of the University of Zimbabwe Disability Volunteers Club (UZDVC) which was formed in the year 2013. The Club was formed to help assist the students at the University of Zimbabwe and others in various institutions to fully realise their potential by assisting them with entrepreneurial skills and social skills among others. The Club had income generating projects and Advent Shoko was elected the Club's Project Coordinator together with Richard Chadzimura who was an International Relations Masters Student at the same institution.

Apart from the UZDVC, he enrolled with the UZ Urakashi Karate Club    where he rose from the ranks of a junior to the post of a Vice Captain. He got under his name certificates and medals which prove his achievements.