ADPP Mozambique

Ajuda de Desenvolvimento de Povo para Povo

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Country Profile
 Mozambique is situated in the southeast African coast. Since independence from Portugal in 1975,
Mozambique has been battered by civil war, economic mismanagement and famine. A peace deal in 1992
ended 17 years of civil war, and the country has made much progress in economic development and
political stability.
 Today, the country is still in transition, with a large number of social and economic challenges, including
unemployment, low agricultural production, and limited infrastructure and social services. Due to these
and many other problems, Mozambique is still considered one of the poorest countries in the world. In
2003-2005 per capita income was $290, the prevalence of AIDS was 16.2 percent, and infant mortality was
101 per 1,000.
 The economy suffered serious setbacks when in 2000 and 2001 Mozambique was hit by floods which
affected about a quarter of the population and destroyed much of its infrastructure.
 Furthermore, in 2002 a severe drought hit many central and southern
parts of the country, including previously flood-stricken areas. Poverty
remains widespread, with more than 50% of Mozambicans living on less
than $1 a day.
 One of the key challenges is the rising rates of morbidity and mortality
from HIV/AIDS. The national HIV prevalence among adults (15–49 years
olds) is estimated at 16.2 percent in the period 2003–05. 2
Country Profile

 Full name: The Republic of Mozambique

 Population: 23.4 million (via UN, 2010)
 Capital: Maputo
 Area: 812,379 sq km (313,661 sq miles)
 Major languages: Portuguese (official),
Makua-Lomwe, Swahili
Other indigenous languages
 Major religions: Christianity, indigenous beliefs, Islam
 Life expectancy: 49 years (men), 49 years (women) (UN)
 Monetary unit: 1 metical (plural meticais) = 100 centavos
 Main exports: Seafood, cotton
 GNI per capita: US $440 (World Bank, 2009)

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Working since 1982, Humana member organization in Mozambique is called
ADPP (Ajuda de Desenvolvimento de Povo para Povo (meaning Development Aid from People to People
in Portuguese) its main focus being on the improvement of life for the population. Its expressed
objectives are:

 Offering assistance to the populations and the communities in need through the implementation of
education/training, social and economic activities.

 Promoting Solidary humanism amongst people through the creation of working posts, study and
responsibility areas giving the opportunity to many people to participate in the development of their
own country.

 ADPP-Mozambique has implemented 40 development projects within the following sectors: Schools
for Children, Vocational and Polytechnic Schools, Teacher Training Colleges, Child Aid, Farmers Clubs
(community programs), Economic Development Projects, Relief Aid, HOPE and TCE (HIV/AIDS programs),
Scholarship Programmes, Development Instructor Programmes and Fund-raising Projects. These projects
are situated all over Mozambique.
In 2009 there were:
12 operation teacher training programs
 4 vocational schools:
 5 schools for children:
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12.000 farmers under training
 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Child Aid

The Child Aid Project is creating a supportive environment for the

development of the child through development of the whole
community that the child is also a part of.

Child Aid projects are present in:

 NHAMATANDA
 NACALA
 GAZA
 INHAMBANE
 TETE

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Politecnical College

Started in 1984, ADPP College is offering vocational training to young

people. During the two-years program the students will pass from 8th to
10th grade and will be specialized in the areas of:

Community Leader
Construction
Commerce
Administration
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

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 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Vocational School

Where young people are educated in

professional skills in fields like Construction,
Administration, Tourism, Agriculture thus
enabling them to get a job or a position from
which they can make a living and maintain their
family.

Vocational schools are present in:

 NHAMATANDA
 NACALA
 BILIBIZA

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Teacher Training Colleges

The objective of the EPF (Escola de Professores do Futuro) is to educate primary school
teachers for the rural areas. The education is designed to create a new generation of
teachers who can bring modern education into poor communities and thus contribute to
their development. This approach to education is placing the future teacher within an
international and national context, combining academic studies with practical work and
teaching practices as well as emphasizing the role of the teacher as a key figure in community
development.
Teacher Training Colleges are present in:
 MAPUTO MACUSE
 NHAMATANDA  GAZA
 NACALA  INHAMBANE
 NIASSA  TETE
 CHIMOIO  NAMETIL
 CABO DELGADO

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 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Teacher Training Colleges

Started Graduated
EPF Maputo 1993 1.219
EPF Nhamatanda, Sofala Province 1995 984
EPF Nacala, Nampula Province 1996 939
EPF Chimoio, Manica Province 1997 976
EPF Niassa 1998 862
EPF Cabo Delgado 1999 777
EPF Macuse, Zambezia Province 2000 935
EPF Gaza 2006 377
EPF Inhambane 2006 221
EPF Tete 2007 138
EPF Nametil, Nampula Province 2009 65

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 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Farmers Club

 Assists rural farmers to increase their production

and sales / marketing techniques. The programs offer
training on sustainable agriculture, animal
husbandry and small business development.

 The idea of the program is to organize and mobilize

small-scale farmers living in the project areas to join
forces, share ideas and resources, in order to further
the agriculture production of each and every member to
improve their living standard through training and
practicing sustainable agriculture farming methods.
(ITOCULO)

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TCE Total Control of the Epidemic

 TCE is a systematic approach to

behavior change, with the aim of
reaching every single person in a given
area with information, education,
counseling and mobilization to take
control of HIV/AIDS.
 TCE defines a geographical area of 100.000 people as a TCE Area, which is
organized in a 3 years campaign so that each and every person systematically
gets knowledge and readiness to take control of the virus. They are constantly
taught to understand what is HIV/AIDS, what it means to face HIV/AIDS, how to be
able to defend themselves in a number of practical ways, how to act individually as
well as together against the scourge, and how to join in an all out comprehensive
battle to get HIV/AIDS under total control.

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HOPE

First started in 1998 HOPE is a center for HIV/AIDS activities. It is

providing a place and a symbol for the popular effort combating the
epidemic. The HOPE Center is a meeting place, a center where to seek
advice and where health services are offered at the same time as it is the
starting point for a wide range of outreach activities and community
programs - school program, workplace program, action program, clubs of
all kinds, home based care and orphan support programs.

HOPE centers are present in:

 MAPUTO
 BEIRA

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 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Children’s Town, Children’s Schools, Secondary Schools

These projects were created with the intend to give educational possibilities to both
existing and potential street children who do not go to the normal schools because of a
number of problems like being too old and social problems in the families. Schools are
designed to work with orphans or children from impoverished backgrounds. The objective
is to help these children to attend school thus raising the number of educated children in
that area and to help children in difficult situation find a way to get a better future. The
education program combines the standard primary curriculum with intensive life-skills
programs which give the children the chance to develop a skill or trade which can enable
them to earn income in the future.
These projects are present in:
 MAPUTO
 NACALA
CHIMINO

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 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Clothes Sales in Mozambique

This type of project aims to:

 generate surplus from the sale of second hand clothes to finance

ADPP's development projects in Mozambique
 supply clothes to every corner of Mozambique

 generate good permanent jobs

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Other projects

 Development Instructor program

 The Scholarship program
 Sport Schools
 One World University
 Agricultural School

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ADPP Projects
throughout Mozambique

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 March 2011

www.adpp-mozambique.org

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