Three million dollar project for early child development – MoU signed in Maputo

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Three million dollar project for early child development – MoU signed in Maputo

8:20 CAT | 27 Jul 2016

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The Ambassador of the United States, Dean Pittman, on Monday in Maputo signed a memorandum of understanding with the non-profit organisation Path and the Conrad N Hilton Foundation to improve child development during the first three years of life.

The US$3 million project will be implemented by Path over three years. It will benefit families living in the southern province of Maputo and the central provinces of Sofala and Zambezia. Staff from Mozambique’s National Health Service will also receive training in nutritional, maternal and infant health.

The project is part of the US government’s Global Development Alliance and is a private-public partnership. Its funding will be sourced equally from the United States’ Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Conrad N Hilton Foundation.

At the signing ceremony, Ambassador Pittman expressed his hope that the project will eventually spread throughout the country. He stressed that the project will expand, systematically, and will focus on early childhood development with particular emphasis on nutrition, infant and maternal health, and orphans. He added, “this will make Mozambique a pioneer in the care of children in need”.

The national manager of Path, Jordi Fernandez, explained that “in the first phase, this project will begin in six districts in Maputo province before expanding into Sofala and Zambezia.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Ambassador Pittman, Jordi Fernandez and Peter Laugharn of the Conrad N Hilton Foundation.

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is a family foundation established in 1944 by the man who started Hilton Hotels. It funds to non-profit organisations working to improve the lives of disadvantaged and vulnerable people throughout the world.

Source: AIM