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OSSREA CHAPTERS ACTIVITIES
Report from the OSSREA Mozambique Chapter
1. Major Lecture Celebrating the Silver Anniversary of the Mozambican Teachers’ Day
On the 12th October 2006, OSSREA Mozambique’s Chapter together with the National Syndicate of Mozambican teachers, organized a major event to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of the teachers’ organization. The main event was a lecture presented by Mozambican Liaison Officer, Professor Benigna Zimba, entitled “The Crises of Identity in Mozambique: The Search for Space and Resources” (A crise de identidade em Moçambique: A procura de espaços e recursos). The President of the Republic of Mozambique, His Excellency Armando Guebuza attended the event, together with over 700 participants among them a large number of government leaders, representatives of almost all ministries of the Mozambican government, NGOs, diplomats, representatives of political parties, and the general public. The event was also sponsored by the Ministries of Education, Foreign Affairs, Finance, and Science and Technology.
2. The Niassa Girls Programme
This programme of the OSSREA Mozambique National Chapter aims to encourage the enrolment of girls in school in Niassa, one of the poorest provinces of the country. In February 2006, we contributed 500 USD to the board that locally runs this programme. At the moment it has become a multiparty programme that includes Idaho State University, the Save the Children Fund, and Eduardo Mondlane University as the main sponsor of the Niassa Girls Programme.
In April 2007, thanks to its partnership with the African Banking Corporation of Mozambique, OSSREA Mozambique donated 500 USD to Mavago to help with improvement of infrastructure in the schools involved in this programme. By all standards, this programme has been an important endeavour and one that has given OSSREA visibility and earned it national recognition that reaches into the remotest rural areas of northern Mozambique.
The OSSREA Zimbabwe Chapter held two research methodology workshops in 2006, both of which were over scribed. Despite the high demand for this service the current economic situation makes them very difficult to plan or implement profitably. Participation in the Zimbabwe International Book Fair was also affected by the current situation in the country as it turned out to be a low key affair in 2006. A 12- chapter book on development is in press. The Zimbabwe national chapter also made a suggestion that OSSREA grantees should agree to give seminars on their work when they complete their work so as to promote the culture of seminar presentations.