This year in the SVP After
School Support Classes we have very special news: the usual snack (bread with
jam and juice) became a more nutritious and substantial meal. The great draught
in the Chokwé region brought hunger and more financial strains for the
families. The family farming plots have not been producing, the land is very
dry and the prices of food are very high.
In the beginning of the
School year, Sister Alice (ALG Partner in SVP) raised our attention towards
this situation: “The South and Central areas of Mozambique are struggling with
serious drought, we haven’t had rain to favour agriculture production since
2014. Today hunger is an undeniable reality. In October we expected rain since
it is the time to begging sowing. But there was no rain and now we have famine.
I’m quite concerned because if this continues I fear that children start
missing classes, and even the after school support classes, to look for means
of subsistence: selling plastics, credit and opting for other small scale
commercial solutions to obtain some food. I believe the option of strengthening
the snack is more viable since it would represent a strong incentive to keep
children in school and secure their success in studies.”
To satiate our
children’s hunger and ensure that they continue in school, ALG strengthened
children’s nourishment in the After Class Support Classes. Thus, this project
assumes an annual cost of 12£ per child,
but we make sure that 174 children do not abandon school and continue their
studies with a full stomach!”
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