Maputo, 3 Mar (AIM) – The Mozambican Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries (MAAP) and the international NGO “Save the Children” on Friday launched a project aimed at reducing the social vulnerability faced by the country’s poorest communities.
The initiative, called “LINK Project”, is budgeted at 28 million dollars and is expected to directly benefit over 415,000 people. It will be implemented in nine districts of the central provinces of Manica and Tete and the southern province of Gaza.
According to the MAAP Permanent Secretary, Emília Fumo, the government, together with its partners, has been looking at the 138 existing Local Adaptation Plans (PLAs) in order to find out how to implement them, “taking into account their implementation cost and the places where they will be implemented. This aims at guaranteeing the well-being of populations living in areas degraded by climate change.”
‘In this project, LINK is joining the government to develop around the PLAs, in which the Mozambican government participates to the tune of five million dollars. The project will make it possible to implement concrete actions in beekeeping, livestock farming, agriculture and other activities that will mitigate the impact of climate change. This will allow people and communities to guarantee their development, to guarantee their well-being, especially of the children”, she said.
For her part, Ilaria Manunza, director of Save the Children in Mozambique, claimed that the project has a special meaning for all the parties involved, because its transformative potential goes far beyond the numbers. She described it as a direct investment in the future of thousands of children, young people and women who face the severe impact of climate change on a daily basis.
“LINK is designed to strengthen communities, build resilience and, above all, protect those who are most vulnerable. LINK is a clear example of how collaboration between governments, international organizations, local partners and communities can generate real and lasting impacts. We are sure that the project will grow a great deal over the course of its implementation, with the support of other partners in addition to those who are already actively supporting it”, she said.
(AIM)
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