Results

In 2023, ADPP Mozambique celebrated important milestones and consolidated its impact in the field of education. With 30 years' experience in teacher training, the Schools for Teachers of the Future (EPFs) have trained more than 25,000 teachers throughout their history. These teachers, trained with a holistic approach that combines theory and practice, have played a crucial role in improving primary education in rural areas, where the challenges are most acute.

The Polytechnic Institutes of the North and Centre have trained young people in technical areas such as agriculture, construction and hospitality, promoting practical learning through internships in local companies and community work. At the same time, ADPP supported around 3,000 young people in Cabo Delgado, including internally displaced people, offering them life skills and livelihood opportunities, contributing to the socio-economic transformation of their communities.

In the field of primary education, ADPP worked directly with 1,132 schools in eight provinces, promoting bilingual education, participatory teaching methods, the inclusion of children with disabilities and the strengthening of School Councils.

In higher education, the Higher Institute of Education and Technology (ISET-One World) has continued to train agents of change in areas such as pedagogy, community development and the environment. With an approach that integrates theory, practice and community action, students participated in research and interventions in local communities, gaining experience that prepares them to face crucial challenges in rural areas.

The results achieved in 2023 reflect ADPP's ongoing commitment to promoting transformative and sustainable change in Mozambique by strengthening education, empowering youth and building more inclusive communities.

Mozambique faces a number of public health challenges, including both infectious and chronic diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), malnutrition, respiratory diseases, and waterborne diseases. Many of these diseases are rooted in poverty-related conditions such as poor household economy, poor diets, insufficient food intake, multiple and recurring infectious diseases, limited access to quality food, clean water, hygiene and health services. All these factors contribute to the high burden of diseases in the country.

Improving the health and wellbeing of the most vulnerable communities is central to ADPP‘s vision. ADPP interventions contribute to help stop the spread of communicable diseases, especially the ones with highest burden: HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria. In 2023 ADPP implemented a number of HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria and Nutrition projects and reached out to more than 3 million individuals in all provinces through carefully planned and coordinated programmes.

With over 30 years’ experience in the field, ADPP health projects are designed with the active participation of communities.  Through empowering community members with health education, skills, capacities and promoting health seeking behaviours, tackling barriers such as stigma and discrimination, ADPP truly puts people in the driving seat for solutions providing an example of how progress can be achieved.  Good health, hygiene practices and safe sanitation are important for the wellbeing of the population and also provide the necessary foundations for economic development.

ADPP health projects are aligned with the global strategies, regional and national strategies and policies, including the Sustainable Development Goals and Mozambique’s strategic plans for:  Tuberculosis, Promotion of Health, Communication for social change to prevent malnutrition, to maximise global efforts and resources in the fight against diseases.

In Mozambique 3,800,000 small-scale farmers support the livelihoods of around 25,000,000 people, which accounts for approximately 80% of the population. The majority of small-scale farmers apply traditional farming techniques, and they lack technical assistance, basic infrastructure and face limited access to markets. In recent years their situation has been further exacerbated by climate change impacts, including droughts, flooding and the increased occurrence of extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones. The result is that their productivity is low, post-harvest losses are high and as a result food security is undermined.

Subsistence agriculture – which is the predominant form of farming in Mozambique – rarely evolves to an economically viable option for extra income. This, in turn, perpetuates the vicious cycle of poverty in rural areas and makes the country’s food security highly volatile.

To respond to these challenges, ADPP Mozambique has adopted an innovative approach to assist farmers, the “Farmers’ Clubs” model, developed by HUMANA People to People, designed to support small and medium-sized farmers in transforming agriculture, and also other food chain such as fisheries, into competitive and sustainable sectors that increase food security and the income of rural households in Mozambique.

The approach empowers small scale farmers by organising them into groups (clubs), providing regular training and run practical field demonstrations followed up by systematic coaching by ADPP instructors during the course of the programme. The model is flexible and adaptable to local conditions. The clubs enable farmers to work together to address the array of challenges they face, including promoting gender equality in farming, building capacity for sustainable agriculture practices, training small holder farmers to migrate from subsistence to commercial farming. The model also strengthens farmers’ access to markets and finance.

The goal of the Farmers’ Clubs is to equip farmers with the skills and knowledge needed to adopt various sustainable farming techniques. Key amongst these are ‘Conservation Agriculture Techniques’ that improve soil and environmental management and utilization, mitigate the impact of climate change and the negative effects of global warming to ensure food security now and in the future.

Farmers are also trained in improving domestic storage facilities and small-scale processing of agricultural products. ADPP’s approach to agribusiness and market linkages includes awareness raising and empowerment of farmers in all aspects of the agricultural value chain and market.

The first Farmers’ Clubs project was launched in Mozambique in 2004. ADPP has since implemented the programme in various regions of the country with a number of selected partners and has reached total of about 33,000 small scale farmers including producers and fishermen.

Natural disasters have always affected Mozambique, and with Climate Change these disasters are increasing in frequency and strength. In 2023, more than 1,200,000 people were directly affected by Cyclone Freddy. ADPP supported more than 4,000 people in Maputo, Zambezia and Manica provinces with:

• Support for those affected in Manica and Zambezia, in adhering to HIV and TB treatment, including distribution of seeds for the creation of gardens to ensure healthy food;

• Participation in the campaign against Cholera, distributing chlorin in the communities in the Province of Zambezia, together with the Ministry of Health;

• Distribution of Family Packages of Second Hand Clothes and bottles of mineral water to affected families in Boane District, Maputo Province. The actions had a very positive impact on the families who had the support of ADPP, which allowed them to overcome the problems caused by the disaster and resume their lives.