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Skillshare International has placed a development worker at the Casa Maria Madre orphanage to teach basic nursing skills to the nuns. There are 110 girls here whose parents have abandoned them or died.

Click here to find out about Skillshare International's partner organisations in Mozambique.

Country Programme  

In Mozambique, Skillshare International works in health, education, environment, management, food production and rural development. We do this mainly through development worker placements and leadership training.

AIDS has killed tens of thousands in Mozambique and three million people, one in six of the population, is HIV positive.

 
Partner Organisations   

Institute for the Development of Small Scale Fisheries (IDPPE): IDPPE is a small scale fisheries institute under the direct responsibility of the government, which is represented in all the provinces of Mozambique under the Ministry of Fisheries. The partnership is on finance, technical assistance and rural development, including development worker placements and leadership training.

Mavalane General Hospital is a Mozambican NGO working in the health sector. This includes HIV/AIDS and nutrition, water and sanitation, and education. One of the current projects on HIV/AIDS focuses on awareness raising and training local leaders who influence community thinking. This means working with government authorities, administrative authorities, traditional leaders, political authorities, youth and women leaders, and religious leaders, including traditional doctors.

Contact: Mr. Hilario Alberto Sitoe or Dr. Matilde Marta
Email: Nkulunku@zebra.uem.mz
Address: Bairro 25 de Junho B, Rua D Nr. 483, Maputo.

Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM) is the biggest university in Mozambique and is run by the government. Skillshare International has placed a development worker in the English Training Course Section of the Arts Department.

Pedagogic University (UP) is a government university specialising in training teachers who are then placed in secondary schools in Mozambique. The main headquarters of the university are in Maputo and there are branches in Nampula and Beira.

Catholic University is a private university owned by the Catholic Church and teaches mainly science. Two Skillshare International development workers are currently on placements in Cuamba and in Nampula.

Prospective partners: Skillshare International has been approached by a number of Mozambican local NGOs including ATAP, MAFAVUCA, KULIMA, ARA and AJDR, who are seeking to establish links in areas such as health, education, rural development and environment. We envisage cooperation will include development worker placements and leadership training.

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