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Van Oord offers Makobo sewing machines to train 200 displaced women in Pemba, Cabo Delgado
2:54 CAT | 28 Feb 2022
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The maritime contractor Royal Van Oord, which specialises in dredging and salvaging land from the sea and is operating in Area 1 of the Rovuma Basin, offered the Makobo platform 20 Bernina electric sewing machines, plus five spare motors, at the beginning of February.
The equipment offered by the Dutch multinational will be used at the Makobo studio in Pemba, to support the training of more than 200 women displaced by the armed insurgency that has devastated the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
The donation of humanitarian support to the Solidary Heart Mission which the Mozambican organisation has been developing in the provincial capital since 2020 forms part of Van Oord’s social responsibility programme, which serves to promote self-reliance and encourage employment and income generation for both displaced people and host families.
The Solidary Heart Mission has promoted various initiatives around inclusion and economic, social, cultural and environmental sustainability, aiming at the sustainable improvement of the living conditions for internally displaced people and host communities.
About the Makobo solidarity platform
Founded in 2009, Makobo is a collaborative platform with the mission of providing and promoting services aimed at promoting the social well-being of disadvantaged groups, through individual and corporate accountability actions that, carried out in a continuous, effective, planned and sustained manner, contribute to the country’s social, cultural and economic development.
More information at www.makobo.co.mz
Source: Makobo Coração Solidário / Media Release
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