Mozambique: Japan donates $192,000 for ambulances

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Mozambique: Japan donates $192,000 for ambulances

11:59 CAT | 14 Feb 2025

FILE - The plan, which will be implemented by the country's Ministry of the Interior, will benefit the districts of Chonguene in Gaza province, Caia in Sofala province, Changara in Tete province, and Gurué in Zambezia province. [File photo: Comando provincial de salvação públicade Tete/Facebook]

The Japanese government announced a donation of around $192,000 (€183,000) to buy ambulances in four districts in Mozambique’s southern and central provinces.

The $192,276 project aims to strengthen the country’s Public Rescue Services (SENSAP) intervention capacity against fires and calamities, according to a statement from the Japanese Embassy in Mozambique.

The plan, which will be implemented by the country’s Ministry of the Interior, will benefit the districts of Chonguene in Gaza province, Caia in Sofala province, Changara in Tete province, and Gurué in Zambezia province.

The Japanese government, one of the main funders of projects in Mozambique, recently said that it would continue its cooperation with the country, asking Mozambique’s government for a rapid stabilisation of security and “dialogue” between all parties, given the post-election tension in the country.

“Japan intends to continue cooperation with Mozambique for the prosperity of the peoples of both countries, based on long-standing friendship,” said a recent statement by Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kitamura Toshihiro.

“Japan hopes that the new government of Mozambique will ensure that the security situation is stable as soon as possible and that it will further promote democratic politics by promoting dialogue between all interested parties,” the statement added, referring to the inauguration on 15 January of Daniel Chapo as the fifth President of Mozambique.

The process surrounding the general elections on 9 October was marked by demonstrations called by presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane, who does not recognise the election results, which degenerated into violence, looting and destruction of public and private infrastructure, with at least 327 people killed and around 750 shot.

Japan has previously announced that it will donate more than €50 million to projects in Mozambique. According to agreements signed in March 2024 in Maputo, Mozambique is the first country to implement the new model of international cooperation defined by the Japanese government.

“This cooperation, in which projects in different fields are executed as a package, was presented in the new Development Cooperation Charter approved by the Council of Ministers last year. Mozambique will be the first country where the Japanese government will implement this new form of cooperation,” the Japanese ambassador in Maputo, Hamada Keiji, announced at the time.

Source: Lusa