MOZAMBIQUE
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In 2002, upon invitation
from the Ministry of Social Affairs (MSA), ICDP started establishing
itself in Mozambique, with a competence-building project in the
field of psychosocial care for AIDS affected orphans and abused
children.
For this purpose during 2003 contact was made with networks of child-oriented
NGOs operating all over the country. There were two investigative
visits to Mozambique and a pre-project was carried out with the
training of a group of local facilitators who came from NGOs and
MSA. A 5 year project plan was prepared in order to seek support
from the Norwegian Development Agency, NORAD.
In 2004 training seminars
started to take place in Maputo, with the aim of establishing a
core group of local trainers who can spread the ICDP program to
others in the country.
ICDP seminar
After the seminar the
trainees implemented ICDP in practice in first field work. Investigations
were carried out in the local communities in the outskirts of Maputo,
in order to map the needs and establish where and with which organisations
the field work should take place.
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A contract of cooperation
was established with the university of Edouard Mondlane and it was
agreed to organise, in 2005, a conference on the topic of “Care
of children in the context of the AIDs pandemic” with ICDP
colleagues as key lectures.
In addition, ICDP is
preparing an educational package for implementation through universities
in both Mozambique and Angola, and possibly in cooperation with
the University of Natal in South Africa.
Since its start in 2003,
the competence-building project in the field of psychosocial care
for AIDS affected and abused children, OVCs, has been operating
with funds received from NORAD. Since psychosocial matters are becoming
a major concern other agencies, such as REPSSI, have been granting
funds for advocacy and mainstreaming PSS issues.
During 2005
ICDP Mozambique has established protocols of cooperation with the
local NGOs “Rebuilding Hope” as its main partner and
with district departments from the Ministry of Social Affairs and
the University. The training of a local team for wide scale implementation
of ICDP continued throughout the Spring. During the same period
there were several field visits to the very poorest areas where
AIDS represents a serious problem, and some of these areas were
appointed for ICDP intervention which started to take place in the
second half of the year. Selected were District 4 of Maputo where
cooperation with local NGOs has led to community based interventions.
In the North of the country, in Nampula province, ICDP Mozambique
operates in cooperation with a national NGO, CFD (Community, Family
and Development). In addition, a special small project was set up
in the Kindergarten (orphanage) 1st of May, in Maputo, which received
financial help from SDI.
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