Meet the ‘Future Presidents of Mozambique’

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Meet the ‘Future Presidents of Mozambique’

4:15 CAT | 13 Feb 2019

Photo: Centro Cultural Portugues

“Little girls can be children before they are mothers.” “Little boys can be students before they are parents.” Little girls and little boys can be the future presidents of Mozambique. All they need is access to quality education and to be able to simply dream.

In a partnership between Helpo and the Portuguese Embassy in Mozambique, the exhibition ‘Future Presidents of Mozambique’ opens at 6:00 p.m. on 13 February at the Camões – Portuguese Cultural Centre in Maputo.

The exhibition is the work of photographer Luís Mileu and writer Ricardo Henriques, who spent two weeks in Cabo Delgado and Nampula at the invitation of Helpo, capturing the daily lives of Mozambican children and resulting in the work being presented in Maputo.

The opening will be attended by the Portuguese Ambassador to Mozambique, Maria Amélia Paiva, with the two authors in attendance, and the exhibition will run until March 29.

‘Future Presidents of Mozambique’ shows the faces and tells the story of 20 children from rural areas and the communities in which they live.

Helpo intends the project to deliver a strong message: that through access to education any child can be anything he or she wants, even president of Mozambique. Helpo believes that education can transform millions of children’s lives, stressing in parallel the importance of letting children simply be children, with the right to dream.

After Maputo, the exhibition will tour other regions of the country, with stops in Nampula, Ilha de Moçambique and Beira.

The project was produced by the creative agency Big Fish and is supported by Camões – Portuguese Cultural Centre (Maputo), Millennium Bim, Galp, TAP and Hotel Pestana Rovuma.

The project has previously exhibited in the Assembly of the Republic in Lisbon, and will travel to other Portuguese cities during the year ahead.

Since 2008, Helpo has been present in northern Mozambique, where it operates directly with disadvantaged rural communities in Cabo Delgado and Nampula. The organisation promotes development through education and nutrition.

With operations in Portugal, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe and Guinea Bissau, the Helpo Association provides support to the most vulnerable populations in countries with low human development.

Helpo reaches more than 19,000 vulnerable children in developing countries, where it works with local institutions to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in the areas of early education and maternal and child health and nutrition, its key intervention sectors.

Source: Centro Cultural Portugues Maputo / Press Release