MOZ 23 - A SAFE PLACE: NACALA SCHOOL RENOVATION
Project Location
The project take place at the Nacala Women's Community Polytechnic Institute (IPCFN) located in Nampula province. The Institution is located 4 km from the central area of Nacala, in an area of expansion and development, a residential area with rampant industrial development and overcrowded.
The IPCFN was founded in 1998 to respond to the need to provide quality training to Mozambican women. The direction and administration of the Institute are the responsibility of the Comboni Missionary Sisters. There are currently 375 students in two cycles: one of general secondary education and the other of technical professional education with a course in management and administration. 150 are girls in boarding schools.
The IPCFN hosts girls from different regions and ethnicities of the country, currently coming from 18 districts of Nampula province; suburban localities and suburban areas of the cities of Nacala and Nampula; am also from the provinces of North (Cabo Delgado, Zambézia), South (Maputo) and Central (Beira). More than 60% of these young women come from within the country and from poor and needy communities, many of them benefit from a scholarship to continue their studies.
Nacala Porto is a port city and is the main point of the mega-logistics enterprise called "Nacala Logistic Corridor" (or "Northern Logistics Corridor"), which, in addition to the railway, includes highways, ports and airports, all born in an attempt to create a new economic dynamic for the north of the nation. Because of this situation, the city of Nacala is part of the Special Economic Zone, where most of the industrial part of northern Mozambique is located, which brings both new investments in the country, and at the same time a strong internal immigration, in search of work. However, the city lacks the infrastructure to cope with this rapid growth.
Project description
L’IPCF comprende una vasta area con vari edifici: aule, segreteria e direzione, sala di informatica, biblioteca, cucina, refettorio, dormitori e un piccolo centro di salute per eventuali ragazze ammalate che necessitano di isolamento. Tutte le strutture hanno bisogno di una manutenzione continua poiché essendo in una città di mare, l’aria è salmastra e provoca danni agli edifici.
I bagni spesso vanno ripuliti a fondo così come le fosse settiche, la manutenzione va fatta anche alle porte e alle finestre, in particolare alle zanzariere che qui sono assolutamente indispensabili. Inoltre, l’energia elettrica subisce continuamente variazioni e interruzioni provocando danni alle attrezzature e alle lampade.
Ogni anno, infine, si rende necessario rivedere tutti i banchi e le sedie per poter riparare quelli che hanno subito delle alterazioni. Le alunne collaborano attivamente alla pulizia ordinaria degli ambienti che viene effettuata giornalmente nelle aule e nei dormitori, e si impegnano a pulire gli spazi esterni (cortile e giardino).
Objective
- Mantenere le strutture che sono a disposizione delle alunne, in buono stato di conservazione in modo da poter vivere e studiare in un ambiente confortevole
- Assicurare un’istruzione di qualità, come mezzo di emancipazione e autonomia per le ragazze nel nord del Mozambico
Beneficiaries
Direct: about 375 girls between the ages of 12 and 18.
Indirect: the families
Referent sisters for the project: Sr. Laura Malnati e Sr Linda Mantovan
Project's costs