A few years ago 31 year-old Gil Nherere lived in the dilapidated hut that his mother had lived in before she passed away. He worked very hard to buy two bags of cement so he could improve the hut. Unfortunately, a rain storm washed his hut, his cement and all his hope and motivation away. [...]
Sozinho with his Zone leader António in front of his old house
Living in Mafarinha I, Antonio Jose, used to see many people dying every day. I felt like there was nothing I could do to prevent it. But when I became a leader for Care for Life, I was trained to help the families in [...]
Mr. Estacha and his wife Helena in front of their house
Mr. Estacha is one of the Care for Life Zone leaders in Chiverano, where he is well respected by his neighbors and is known as the “Father and Mother” by the families in his Zone. This nickname was given to him because, according to the [...]
Rosa Faustino is a beautiful lady 67 years young with laughing eyes that have indubitably had their share of tears as well. When Rosa looks at you, you know she has the wisdom of experience and you feel yourself buoyed by her glance. Rosa is no stranger to trials and challenges in life; Rosa is [...]
Mungassa was the second village that Care for Life introduced to the Family Preservation Program some 4 ½ years ago. Last week, 18 months after Mungassa successfully completed the program, Care for Life visited the village to conduct its post-Care for Life-bi-annual-assessment to track the well-being and progress of the families and the village as [...]
Saimon Charova, now 24 years old, was 21 when his parents died of AIDS, but his three younger siblings were much younger – ranging from ages 2 to 7 – and needed some place to live. Initially, the three children, Zacharia, Tucha, and Zinha, went to live with Saimon’s older sister in the remote countryside [...]
Ana Dança owes her life to hope and determination. When she was young, she contracted intestinal tuberculosis and was expected to succumb to the disease. But Ana believed differently, and fought to survive. Now a mother of four beautiful children in Nhamatanda, Ana has proven not just that she has the strength to live, but [...]
Celestino Alberto does not see hard work as an obstacle to realizing his dreams. As a boy growing up in Thereze, Mozambique, Celestino worked long hours in the fields to pay his own way through night school. When it seemed that his family’s crippling poverty would prevent him from finishing school, he began supplementing his [...]
Diniz – Mbatwe Group Leader
Since Care for Life got here, many things have changed and are still changing. In the first year there were many improvements, but this year there have been even more improvements. There was a change in the community environment and in the way people relate with each other. Prior to Care [...]
