76 proposals were received from all over the country, and the six selected candidates have interventions planned in Huambo, Luanda and Moxico, says the institution in a statement sent to VerAngola.
It is recalled that the contest took place in October 2021, and the selected initiatives refer both to support for projects already underway - with a view to strengthening a certain component that has an impact on the overall project - as well as to the constitution of new projects.
Among the selected applications are proposals focused essentially on the Health and Education sectors, with some interventions transversal to both sectors. The maximum amount of co-financing for each selected project is six million kwanzas.
Discover the winning projects:
"Occupied to develop": to be implemented by Aldeia de Crianças SOS Angola (Huambo), it essentially aims to support vulnerable children within single-parent families led by women who, with this support, will benefit from literacy activities and vocational courses for better monitoring your children's schooling. The enrollment of children in the formal education system will be facilitated, establishing partnerships with volunteer teachers for academic reinforcement classes, with the aim of contributing to the increase in the enrollment rate and academic performance in the commune of Calimba, province of Huambo.
"Health Fair - A model of community engagement": to be carried out by the Youth Association for Support to Communities (AJACOM) in Luanda, promotes access to information and medical services through the holding of six fairs dedicated to the fight against malaria and other diseases , promoting preventive health. There are also plans to hold community theater sessions on malaria and prevention measures, in addition to broadcasting radio programs on health education.
"The decision to wait: teenage pregnancy in a rural area": to be carried out by the Multifunctional Center Ir. Maria Dionice, located in the province of Moxico and created by the Sisters of the Congregation of the Daughters of Sant'Ana, in order to, on the one hand, , reduce the school failure of pre-teens and pregnant adolescents and mothers and, on the other hand, prevent premature and unwanted pregnancy, in addition to promoting technical-professional training of the direct beneficiaries through training, lectures and personalized follow-up.
"Access and quality education in the Rocha Pinto neighborhood – Phase III": already underway and implemented by the Congregation of the Servants of Our Lady of Fátima at the Luiza Andaluz 1st Cycle of Secondary Education School (Luanda) which, with this support, will benefit from the equipping of six new classrooms, a library and a special teaching room.
"Positive life - I have a right": to be implemented by the Youth Forum for Support to Health and AIDS Prevention (FOJASSIDA), in order to reinforce adherence to psychological and psychosocial assistance for children and adolescents living with HIV and AIDS, in addition to ensure compliance with antiretroviral treatments and several awareness-raising initiatives on HIV transmission and prevention are planned in the municipality of Cazenga, in Luanda, promoting an environment of non-discrimination for HIV-positive children and access to primary health care.
"Equipping the library of the Kala Kala Integral Training Center": to be implemented by the Salesians of Dom Bosco, providing quality education to the beneficiaries of the Salesian Network for the Protection of Homeless Children in Luanda, so that they can use books to study, deepen and learn new subjects.
Portuguese cooperation supports six projects in the Health and Education sectors
Within the scope of the Small Projects Fund competition, the Portuguese Center for Cooperation in Angola – by many known as 'Campons' – selected six proposals that it believes will contribute to minimizing needs in the social domain, in particular sectors in the Health and Education .
