Elisio grew...

Elisio is from Mozambique!

Elisio is from Xai Xai!

Elisio was part of the ALG sponsorship program for 12 years!

Elisio is an example for the youngest!

Elisio attended two technical courses and gives us this testimony that we share and that fills us with so much pride and give us the will to have more kids like him.

“I was at IFPELAC attending a construction painter course with the ALG support.

At the beginning nothing seemed simple, but when I was about to finish the course…I saw that I had more of me to give and that this was the beginning of a life changing.

I was blessed with feet that allowed me to walk and to follow in a way that I was able to fight poverty that has been in my family for years…

Today with the painting abilities I gained with the course I have jobs here and there that help me to take food to home, support my father that already fought a lot for me and for my younger sisters.

After I finished the course I was given a scholarship for a carpentry course and so I continue my formation at IFPELAC to acquire more knowledge.

For this and for so more that ALG made for me I appreciate and let an appeal to the youngest that are still in formation or that are still at the basic or middle school to continue so that one day they can be independent and able to contribute for change in their families!

For so many years ALG was my mother and father…Thank you so much!

Elísio Alexandre Muhale – Construction Painter”

           
           
           

Brick by brick… a new home!

After a period of hard work by UPG side by side with our Local Partner and Technicians Alfa and her family of 8 people now have a safe home to live in Manjangue!

Alfa, who is only 12 years old and has HIV, will now sleep more comfortably, will be able to study much better, will benefit from improved hygienic and sanitary conditions and will have access to a healthier environment appropriate to her growth.

The housing programme is part of UPG intervention in Poverty Alleviation & Infrastructures and it has as main goal to provide housing for children and families in situations of vulnerability and in very precarious conditions.

Albino's Mum has now a new income source!

Albino's Mum, one of our children in the Sponsorship Programme supported by UPG Portugal, has a stand where she sells various products in order to guarantee financial support for her family and to ensure Albino and his siblings’ well-being and education.

The Income Generation programme is focused on family and small-scale activities, at household or community level, and provides self-sufficiency opportunities and the development of small industry, agriculture or local trade so as to boost the local economy and generate long term economic sustainability in communities in need. Albino's Mum is an example of strength, determination, hard work and she is contributing to women empowerment levels in Mozambique.

Having fun at Esclinha de Santo André: brasilian self defense dance -Capoeira

At Escolinha do André there are training sessions of Capoeira, led by a youth group that goes 3 days a week to guide the children in the modality! They are very excited !!!

Young people from the Growing Program with UPG, CCUPG, have classes on Saturdays!

Healthy habits that we support and encourage!

What a GOOD INITIATIVE!

Strenght and Will !

Edson Agostinho Bila, from S. Vicente de Paulo, is one of our little boys, that rides a wheelchair.
In June he broke his leg and was for a few months unable to move. Today we woke up with the good news that "our" Edson got back to school
He still has the 3rd period to get back the time lost.
With strenght and will everything is possible.
Edson is a lesson for all of us, a lesson to all his colleagues and friends !

Getting Back to School along with Escolinha Sta. Catarina

Join us in the Go Back to School Campaign! In 20 days we fundraised £1.185 - 36% of our final goal which is to fundraise to cover all the rebuilding costs of St Catarina School in Chongoene - £3.350.
We still have  64% of our way left to achieve our big goal! Did you know that with £17 you are contributing with 1 window? And that with £26 you are helping with 1 bucket of paint? Or that with only
£1 you are helping with 1 lamp?

A Little Great Help

Pedro Arão is not only doing well in his bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources Management as he also decided to become an ALG volunteer! Pedro is one of our University Students who receive an annual scholarship that allows the students to follow an academic path. To show his gratitude Pedro is helping in the After-School Support Project in the S. Vicente Paulo program. Weekly 225 students from the 2nd to the 12th class attend the After-School Support to receive academic help.

 

 

Team work !

ALG is immensely proud to see our Local Technicians growing professionally and a strengthened team spirit is definitely the source of positive impact.
Mano Orcidio, our Local Technician in the dynamic SLM - St. Luisa Marillac school, welcomed Phycologist Ácio from Maputo for a 3-month stint at the school. As a team they grow side by side for the wellbeing of our children. For Orcidio who accumulates lots of different tasks on what is ALG´s single biggest programme - School Feeding, Sponsorship, HIV Centre, etc - Ácio´s extra pair of hands was an amazing gift!
“To be honest in the first day when Ácio arrived in Manjangue, I doubted about his professional abilities and skills. Fortunately, Ácio was a big surprise and turned to be much better than I was expecting. He is very hard working and he is a very creative and confident person.To work with children from a different community is not an easy task but he manages to work with all the children and everyone likes Mano Ácio.
It is very rare to find a young person with this kind of attitude. What he has learnt at the university he actually uses it and he constantly shows that what really matters to him is practical knowledge and not just the degree and the diploma.”
Orcidio Edú

Newsletter #08 - ALG growing up with our children !

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Success at ALG !

O Elisio Alexandre Muhale iniciou o seu percurso com a UPG em 2006 quando tinha apena 8 anos. Agora, já um jovem de 20 anos,  é um dos nossos casos de sucesso.
A UPG acompanhou orgulhosamente o crescimento do Elisio dando apoio escolar, alimentação e a construção de uma casa para a família em Chongoene, onde vive com os pais e os irmãos.
No ano passado terminou a 12ª Classe e este ano teve apoio para frequentar um curso técnico-profissional de Pintura de Construção Civil. Em Agosto o Elisio teve a graduação e foi um dos melhores alunos com média final de 17 valores!
Pelo seu excelente desempenho e história, foi agora premiado com uma bolsa oferecida pela delegada Provincial do INEFP ( MINISTÉRIO DO TRABALHO, EMPREGO E SEGURANÇA SOCIAL) para tirar outro curso - o de carpintaria! O Elisio já faz os seus biscates para poder ter a sua independencia.
A UPG acredita que ao continuarmos o nosso acompanhamento  dedicado a vários pontos da vida das crianças, muitos outros casos de sucesso e sustentabilidade irão fazer parte da familia UPG.
Boa sorte nesta nova fase Elisio! 

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