Mozambique: education for disadvantaged children

The little Juvência lives together with her two older brothers and her mother Marieta in a small, remote village in southern Mozambib. The family is extremely poor, Mother Marieta has to make a living alone. Everything that the family needs to survive is missing. And the mother hardly finds time to take care of her youngest child. As a toddler, Juvência is very shy, self -contained and speaks little.

The girl's home is one of the ten poorest countries in the world and almost 70 percent of the population live in the country. The life path of most children there is already prescribed there: no education, malnutrition, poor health - and still poverty.

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Mother and daughter stand in front of her house in Mozambique. — Mother Marieta provides her daughter Juvência and two sons alone.

Juvência's way into a hopeful future

But the girl's life takes a good turn when she is just three years old. Since then she has been going to a kindergarten of the community, which is led by the Terre of the Hommes partner organization “Wona Sanana”. There she receives a nutritious lunch every day. The teachers lovingly take care of the shy girl and ensure that she is well received in the children's group. "I am very grateful that Juvência can go there now," says her mother, "suddenly my little one speaks really well, she plays and finds friends," says Marieta happy. The support of the teachers at home also helped a lot. They include the parents in preschool lessons and show them how they effectively promote their children when learning - an important building block in the early childhood education plan.

43 percent of up to 5 year olds in Mozambique suffer from malnutrition. Only 47 percent of all school children conclude the primary school. 14,000 of the just over 19,000 households of the project region have an average income of less than $ 50 per month per person.

Children are in a circle in a school in Mozambique. — Only through education can children like Juvência escape to the vicious circle of poverty.

Juvência continues to bloom in primary school. Math and Portuguese are their favorite subjects. The class teacher Arlindo Nhafuquelene is enthusiastic about her: "Here she is an active, helpful and socially competent girl." A great success! Juvência's life has changed the kindergarten period and the support of the teachers: their academic achievements are so gratifying that they have a good future in front of them. With a school leaving certificate, she can later learn a profession and escape poverty to the vicious cycle.