It started with a personal desire to pay it forward and blossomed into founding a tennis academy which has already benefited over a thousand children.

Fadzai Madzimbamuto-Tomasik, now living in Switzerland, had no female role models growing up. With hard work, and a drive to support her local community in Emakhandeni, Bulawayo, she continues to set an example to both girls and boys at her tennis academy.

The Tomasik Tennis Academy has been operating for nearly 8 years, fighting to create favourable odds for communities in Bulawayo as well as the greater Zimbabwe.