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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.
Year
2006:
The competence building project in the field of
psychosocial care for AIDS affected and abused children has been
operating mainly with funds received from NORAD, Regional Psychosocial
Support Initiative (REPSSI) and a Swiss Foundation. The training
in the ICDP program is facilitated in units that include practical
seminars, field follow up, institutional mentoring and evaluation.
Two hundred facilitators/promoters and 532 caregivers were trained
in 2006, potentially reaching 11,993 children. ICDP Moz (ambique)
extended its program beyond Maputo and Nampula to new provinces,
Gaza, Manica and Sofala. The Mozambican team consists of 3 men and
3 women supported by the International team.
The ICDP work in Maputo was centred in the extremely
poor District 4, with a high prevalence of HIV, and with Reencontro
as the main cooperating partner. Also in Maputo, the intervention
in the orphanage “1st of May” continued to develop during
2006 and relevant changes in caregivers’ relations to children
were registered.
ICDP Moz also cooperated with the Ministry for Social
Action in a project which offered training to staff in state institutions
and with the Ministry of Education in a project that implemented
ICDP with teachers. Two projects were developed with the aim of
improving the educational conditions of vulnerable children. In
Marracuene, a small town 40 km north of Maputo, 70 teachers from
2 primary schools received training. The project had considerable
impact sensitizing teachers about children’s rights and enhancing
their daily interactions with pupils. The second project is in process
of implementation in the Educational Centre of the national organization
called “Kanimambo” and it involves training of teachers,
vocational trainers, educational instructors, activists and parents.
During 2006 ICDP Moz established working agreements
with two major regional networks: REPSSI, as key operational partner,
and HACI (Hope for African Children Initiative). ICDP assumed the
responsibility of providing knowledge and practical training in
the psychosocial field to organizations belonging to these two networks.
This led to a widening of the outreach programme and of the number
of organizations whose staff was trained.
ICDP staff participated in a number of events that
brought together institutions working in the area of child protection
and development of the civil society. One of these events was organized
by the Norwegian Embassy discussed decentralization of finance and
the Rattso report, which analyses the work of the Norwegian NGOs
and NORAD’s general development strategy.
The Mozambican team consists of 3 men and 3 women
supported by the International team: K.Hundeide, P.Mendes, I.Mendes
and S.Momade.
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