Africa

With sustainable sanitary napkins girls can keep going to school.... read more 

The sportsequipment has been purchased with help of Moments of Joy, read more....

Centro de Encontro has developed many projects in Maputo over the past 17 years for street children in Maputo. Among them a school for the extremely poor children that live in the streets of Maputo; this is their only chance for an education. Unfortunately statistics have shown that for young people between the age of 16 and 20 yrs it is very hard to find a job. 
Centro de Encontro wants to focus on a practical vocational training for these school graduates with a lot of practical skills and a good prospective to start a business of their own.
The hairdressers school is already up and running at no extra cost. What is needed for this school is a unit for the hairdressers school (hairdryer, blow-dryer, mirrors, chairs and hairproducts etc.)
 

The year 2013 started badly in Maputo with floods and storms. Tens of thousands of people were on the run from the river water and thousands lost their homes. The areas in which Centro de Encontro is active have been hit hard as well and the school in the Mahontas district has suffered considerable damage to the roof construction, the joists are warped and the water flows inside. 

Centro de Encontro is an independent NGO that has organised many activities for street children in Maputo over the past 15 years. The traditional day of festivities for the streetchildren is a great succes each year. A day away from the miserable streetlife with music, dance, sports, games and food. 
In these somber times centro de encontro is trying to be a safe haven for the poorest children of the city of Maputo. 

Centro de Encontro is an independent NGO that organizes activities for poor children in Maputo, one of which is the school for streetchildren - Escolu de Rua - in the district of Laulane in maputo. The streetschool provides education for children who otherwise would not bew able to follow a proper education. Because the state stopped the supply of free schoolbooks and schoolmaterials it became necessary to buy books for the pupils in the First grades. Most books are workbooks so that each year some of the books must be replaced Other schoolsupplies that are required are student files, filing kabinets, writingpaper, notebooks and exercisebooks, chalk and blackboard erasers and pens.

The Rumu Health Centre has been finalized this summer. The first patients are using the facilities. All the staff at the Health Centre is very happy that this "in-patient" building has been finaly finished! Thanks to Moments of Joy.

Although they suffered from a lot of heavy rainfall lately the school for the streetchildren stil want to organise a party....read more

Mary's House of Hope is in desperate need of some basic supplies to help them run the school....read more

To make the school garden succesful at KG VI a wateringsystem is a wish... read more!

A mural with fruit and vegetables to liven up the outdoor classroom.... read more!

Talented youngsters are supported in setting up their own theatre projects....read more

The students that attend the ‘escola de rua’ – a school for street children in Maputo – need pens, notebooks and pencils....read more