13/03/2026
𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐌 𝐃𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐃𝐄 𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐂̧𝐀̃𝐎 𝐅𝐈́𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀 𝐍𝐎 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐒
𝑨𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒂-𝒇𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒂, 13 𝒅𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄̧𝒐, 𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒄̧𝒂̃𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒄̧𝒂̃𝒐 𝒇𝒊́𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂 𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝑴𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒔, 𝒏𝒐 𝒂̂𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒂 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄̧𝒂̃𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐 “𝑬𝒍𝒂 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂̀ 𝑬𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒂”, 𝒖𝒎𝒂 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒆̂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒂 𝒅𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒐.
Nesta primeira fase, 𝟏𝟕 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐯𝐚́𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐚 beneficiaram dos 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐜̧𝐚̃𝐨 𝐟𝐢́𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐧𝐮𝐦 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝟓𝟏 𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐬 que deverão receber o apoio ao longo do processo.
A iniciativa tem como 𝒐𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒐 𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒄̧𝒐̃𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒄̧𝒂̃𝒐 𝒅𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒆 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒄̧𝒂̃𝒐 𝒇𝒊́𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂, 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒎 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒄̧𝒂̃𝒐 𝒅𝒆 𝒗𝒖𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄̧𝒂𝒓 𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒆̂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒂 𝒏𝒂 𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒂.
Na ocasião, 𝐍𝐚𝐳𝐚́𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐇𝐮𝐠𝐨 𝐌𝐮𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐚, 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚 𝐄𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐁𝐚́𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐝𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐨, uma das instituições beneficiárias do projecto, destacou a importância da iniciativa, sublinhando que acções do género contribuem para fortalecer o processo de aprendizagem e incentivar a continuidade dos estudos.
Por sua vez, 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐌𝐮𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚, 𝐭𝐞́𝐜𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜̧𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐜̧𝐚̃𝐨, 𝐉𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐚 (𝐒𝐃𝐄𝐉𝐓) 𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐬, apelou às raparigas para que não desistam da escola, afirmando que 𝐚 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐜̧𝐚̃𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐢 𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜̧𝐚̃𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐦 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐫. O técnico encorajou ainda as alunas a valorizarem a oportunidade e a manterem-se firmes na busca dos seus objectivos académicos.
Falando em nome das beneficiárias, 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐨́𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞́𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐨, uma das alunas contempladas, 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐮 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨 𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐚̃𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨, 𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐨 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐮𝐦 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐮́𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚.
Com esta acção, o 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨 “𝐄𝐥𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚̀ 𝐄𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚”, 𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞, com 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐚́, reforça os esforços de promoção da e𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐜̧𝐚̃𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐚, incentivando a permanência das raparigas na escola e contribuindo para a redução das barreiras que ainda limitam o acesso e a participação plena das meninas no sistema educativo.
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GIRLS BENEFIT FROM PHYSICAL EDUCATION KITS IN MECANHELAS DISTRICT
On Friday, March 13, the distribution of physical education kits to girls in the Mecanhelas district began, as part of the implementation of the “She Belongs in School” project, an initiative aimed at promoting girls’ continued participation in the education system.
In this first phase, 17 girls from various schools in the town of Insaca received the physical education kits, out of a total of 51 students who are expected to benefit throughout the process.
The initiative aims to ensure better conditions for girls’ participation in school activities, particularly in physical education classes, while also supporting students in vulnerable situations and reinforcing their continued attendance at school.
On the occasion, Nazário Hugo Mucotiua, Director of Namicopo Basic School, one of the institutions benefiting from the project, highlighted the importance of the initiative, emphasizing that actions like this help strengthen the learning process and encourage students to continue their studies.
Meanwhile, Merino Muapassa, a technician from the Mecanhelas District Service of Education, Youth, and Technology, urged the girls not to give up on school, stating that education is the safest path to building a better future. He also encouraged the students to value the opportunity and remain committed to achieving their academic goals.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Sidónia Moisés Paulo, one of the students who received the kits, expressed her gratitude and called for the continuation and expansion of the project to more schools in the district, so that a larger number of girls can benefit from the initiative.
Through this action, the “She Belongs in School” project, led by Save the Children and implemented in the district by United Purpose, with funding from the Government of Canada, strengthens efforts to promote inclusive education, encourages girls to stay in school, and contributes to reducing the barriers that still limit access and full participation of girls in the education system.
Canada’s International Trade - Global Affairs Canada
Save the Children em Moçambique
Canada in Mozambique, Angola and Eswatini
Haut-commissariat du Canada au Mozambique
Self Help Africa
Trade Commissioner Service - Global Affairs Canada
Canada’s International Development – Global Affairs Canada
Canada's Office of Human Rights, Freedoms and Inclusion
