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Friday 24 August 2018

Cleaning Wells Prevents Spread of Diarrheal Diseases in the Community

Assumane Abudo, member of the Cabaceira Pequena Community Health Committee in Nampula province, never gave any importance to cleaning wells. Other residents in the community did not either; however, when the community began to notice a high incidence of diarrhea cases, resulting in diarrheal diseases and even deaths, they began to reconsider their approach.

Thursday 23 August 2018

Literacy boost improves Teachers skills for the benefit of Children’s Learning

Wednesday 22 August 2018

How Communities are Taking Action against Garbage in Mozambique

For years, Rosa Sozinho and her six children did not pay attention to the trash that littered their neighborhood. Besides contributing to the growing pile of garbage, they didn’t understand how dangerous this was to their health. “I thought that because I was throwing the garbage far away from my house it would not have an influence on my children's health,” said Rosa.

 

Tuesday 21 August 2018

Community Action to Promote Literacy: – Educating Children Together (ECT2) Mozambique –

As part of our efforts to improve reading skills for school-aged children, the ECT2 will both  acquire and produce a total of 15,000 short story titles for distribution  in 150 target schools. So far, 9,227 short stories (61.5%) have been distributed. Now children, teachers and community members will have access to these short stories and enjoy them in schools, reading camps and at home. Children will read these books alone or with the support of friends, brothers or sisters, parents and other caregivers.

Tuesday 21 August 2018

Parceiros financeiros do LAN animados com os progressos do projecto

Em Moçambique, a desnutrição crónica, que se manifesta pela falha no crescimento nos primeiros anos de vida é responsável por um terço das mortes em crianças de cinco anos, sendo que as primeiras causas imediatas destas condição são a ingestão inadequada de nutrientes, níveis elevados de infecção e agravidez precoce. Por outro lado estão as dietas monótonas, com deficiência de micronutrientes, que acabam afectando a maioria da população.

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