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| | | | | Region: | Guludo lies on the coast of Northern Mozambique, 80km north of Pemba. | | Pilots: | Projects are piloted in Guludo village and expanded to an additional 4 villages of the similar size and continue to expand upon thier success. | | Poluation: | 1300 people live in Guludo village | | Life Expectancy: | 37.8% years old | | Livelihood: | Subsistance farming and fishing, plus employment at Guludo Beach Lodge | | Languages: | Portuguese, Ki-muani and Macua |
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| | | | | | : Health | | In Guludo, life expectancy is 37.8 years and infant mortality approximately 30%. The current water supply comes from a single bore hole and a stagnant pond shared with elephants. The nearest health post is two hours walk away, the nearest doctor over an hour drive away. Malaria is the major factor for the high infant mortality, along with diarrhoea, malnutrition and complications at birth. We aims to halve infant mortality and reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS and the incidence of malaria through our projects. | |
| : Co-operatives | | The Cabo Delgado province is one of the poorest provinces in Mozambique. The business development projects aim to provide a means of survival beyond subsistence farming and fishing for Guludo residents. Providing loans and training for these endeavours will allow local residents, especially women, to fund their own business initiatives and create alternative livelihood opportunities. These projects are being developed in collaboration with the Aga Khan Foundation who are helping to provide technical assistance, training and funding. | |
| | | : Education | | In Guludo we estimated the literacy rate at 15% for women and 25% for men. The primary school has two (and a half) classrooms, no furniture and no roof and caters for 250 children from classes 1-5, although only about 110 attend regularly who spend 1.5 hours at school each day. For the final two years of primary school children must walk to the local town of Mucojo walking two hours in either direction and often rendered dangerous by passing lions and elephants. Consequently only ten children from Guludo currently attend grades 6 and 7. | |
| : Environmental | The Guludo area is both remote and rural. Communities have almost no option but to rely completely on their environmental resources for livelihoods and survival. However, poor environmental management contributes to annual food shortages, causing people to neglect thinking about tomorrow’s resources in their urgency to provide food for today.
Key to all of the following projects is the recruitment of an agricultural technician to work with the communities to implement these projects. | |
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