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Mozambique: Back to school, 36 years on – and with 118 desks | Rádio Encontro Nampula

2:51 CAT | 13 Jul 2021

Photo: Rádio Encontro - Cidade de Nampula

On Monday, 12 July, the Mutauanha Primary School in the city of Nampula received 118 school desks, a gift from a former student there.

Businessman Paulo Henriques had the idea, 36 years on, of acquiring the desks, which will get more than 300 children off the floor.

“This was my first school. When I attended Grade 1, 36 years ago, conditions were nothing like the present,” Paulo Henriques said, adding that he believes other former students could also support the school.

School director Luísa Tavira thanked Henriques for his gesture, and asked if other businessmen and people of good could not follow his example.

“If this example were followed by all those who have passed through this school, it would help us to overcome many difficulties,” the director said, promising to maintain the desks assiduously.

Speaking for the government, Permanent Secretary of the District of Nampula, Olindo Socas, also recognised Henriques’ gesture, saying that school was the best place to master science.

“We can only have good students when classes are administered in a good environment, one component of which is sitting at a desk. So, on behalf of the district government, thank you very much,” he said.

The delivery of the desks was witnessed by parents and guardians, students and teachers, some of whom, now retired, had taught the entrepreneur-donor his ABC.

By Elisio João

Source: Rádio Encontro - Cidade de Nampula