Mozambique: U.S. Funds Programmes in Zambezia and Nampula

Maputo — The United States Embassy in Mozambique announced on Wednesday the launching of two development programmes in Zambezia and Nampula provinces that will cost about 50 million US dollars during the next five years.

These programmes, named "Strengthening Communities through Integrated Programming" (SCIP), are to provide integrated health services, including HIV/AIDS prevention, support for rural enterprises, hygiene and sanitation, among other services, to be carried out in partnership with the beneficiaries and the US government.

The SCIP was launched this Tuesday in Zambezia, where the consortium of partners is headed by the US-based NGOWorld Vision, states the embassy release.

On Wednesday it was the turn of Nampula, where the provincial governor, Felismino Tocoli, inaugurated the programme, in the presence of the director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Mozambique, Todd Amani.

A photograph exhibition is due to be opened in the National Ethnology Museum in Nampula on Friday to mark 25 years of partnership between Mozambique and US.

The photos to be exhibited show the various programmes financed by the US in Mozambique. These cover areas such as health, sanitation, mine clearing, natural disasters, agriculture, education, defense, human rights and good governance.

Source:allafrica.com/