Manuel’s been demonstrating Tip Taps as part of our hygiene and sanitation project. So far he’s reached 432 households (about 2,160 people). This is a great video for showing how simple and effective the Tip Tap is… and is guaranteed to make you smile!
We’ve just finished rehabilitating 12 water points in Nambo, Messano, Muituro, Runho, Nambija, Nacutuco, Manica, Naunde and Lumamua villages and clean, safe water is now flowing.
The Nema team are now getting ready for a 6-day water workshop taking place next week. The workshop will train local ‘water committees’ how to maintain and repair their wells when they fall into disrepair. Every village has a water committee, and we’ve invited 6 members from 8 villages to attend, as well as local government and village leaders.
HUGE thank you to Global Angels for making this possible.
The Ningaia school is almost finished. Now we need YOUR help! Most school children in this remote area of Mozambique attend classes by sitting on on old tree trunks or a mud floor. Using local carpenters and locally sourced wood, we’re aiming to build 100 school desks so that children can sit and learn comfortably.
Please help us to reach our goal, by donating just £15 per desk.
Rabia Momade is a single mum from Rueia village who recently took part in our Hygiene & Sanitation project to learn how to protect her family from diarrhoeal disease - one of the biggest killers of young children. As part of the project, Nema also trains communities how to build simple household latrines. Following the training, the Nema team helped Rabia to dig her 2.5 metre deep latrine and then cover it with a cement lid. With her own household latrine, Rabia can now ‘spend a penny’ in saftey and privacy, and no longer needs to venture to the outskirts of the village as she once used to. As you can see from her photo, she’s pretty happy about that!
On Friday, Global Angels had their inaugural “Angel Awards” followed by “Angels in Concert”. Guludo and Nema’s co-founder, Amy, was there and collected a stunning Sworskovi award for Best Charity Partner on behalf of Nema - an incredible honour.
The concert was spectacular. Natasha Bedingfield (Molly’s daughter) brought along some of her friends; Leona Lewis, Joss Stone & John Forte (from the legendary Fugees) and together with her big brother (Daniel!) put on a show that showcased some of the best of British & American talent out there. The perfect celebration for a phenomenal charity. For more information please go to www.globalangels.org.
Fatima’s malaria project is making great progress in Nambo village. Here she is with two of the community volunteers who are helping her to train up the community in malaria treatment and prevention, and to distribute mosquito nets to all women with children under the age of 5.
Say hello to our latest farmer’s cooperative from Nambija village! This 30-strong group will be growing maize and soya, which will be dried, milled and mixed with sugar, and then used for our school feeding project.
We’re very proud to announce that Nema’s founder, Amy, collected 3 Conde Nast Traveler World Savers Awards on behalf of Guludo and Nema’s work in Singapore this month. The awards were in recognition of how Guludo’s tourism initiative facilitates sustainable development both through it’s operations and support of Nema. We were winners in the categories of Education, Poverty and Best Small Resort.
The number of children in our Orphaned and Vulnerable Children Project has risen again. Rema is now caring for 124 children, two of them pictured here with “Mama Wanuwiyatima” (mother for the orphans) herself.
The first new pedal pump is working a dream in Nambo village, the group are able to water their fields in a fraction of the time now.
Trustee, Claire Bennison, recently raised £10,400 for our scholarship project by completing the Super Six. Last week she came out to visit some of the students and to do one more challenge; to swim from Guludo to Rolas, which did in an impressive 3 hours!
Fantastic progress on the construction of Ningaia school!
Nema bags make it onto the Sunday Times Travel Mag’s HOT LIST!!!
You can now buy the bags online through our friends, and great supporters, at Global Angels.
There has been quite a stir in Ningaia village as lettuce (locally grown by the Ningaia farmers’ group) is now available for the first time EVER! With help from Guilherme, our hard-working agricultural technician, we provide the group with start-up, training and marketing support. Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, spring greens, cauliflower, onions and carrots to follow soon, so watch this space!
Here, it’s estimated that over 60% of children are malnourished. This project targets families with young children, empowering mothers to give their children the nutrients needed for their healthy development. Project coordinator, Manuel, trains and works with local health volunteers to run household workshops and gather vital data regarding child health and food security. Any chronically malnourished child is then monitored by the volunteers and further support given to their families. Meanwhile other Nema projects are focusing on agriculture, enterprise and education to ensure that one day no children will be left vulnerable to malnutrition.
MANY congrats to fellow Super Six Support Team member, Tamsyn O’Donoghue, who completed the London OLYMPIC Triathlon yesterday.
The support team...
Last year I was walking through the local village with some guests from Guludo Beach Lodge (where Claire stayed 5...
Last training session with Michelle at Gaddings Dam…we finally found it on the third attempt!
Many thanks Michelle for training with me all...
Claire has chosen to fundraise for Nema’s Scholarships project. Here’s an extract from Nema’s last blog about this project…