Why Mozambique?
Many times we are asked… but why Mozambique? With so much country in the world… and with so many other people so close to us, why go so far away?
Xai Xai, Moçambique
Mozambique is the 7th poorest country in the world
1,2 million children are out of school
Only 6% of children have access to pre-school education
Early marriage (’18 years) is 48%.
Not even half of all girls complete elementary school
43% is the level of chronic malnutrition in Mozambique
45% is the adult illiteracy rate
22% is the child labor rate in Mozambique
75% of the population in Mozambique lives in remote rural areas
200,000 children live with HIV in Mozambique
