Porto Amboim – Angolan president João Lourenço spent Saturday morning with children in central Cuanza Sul province, with whom he approached issues related to protection of sea turtles in the country, as part of the Ecological Christmas program.
Accompanied by the First Lady, Ana Dias Lourenço, the President questioned and, in a didactic way, clarified some of the children's doubts about sea turtles and the importance of their conservation for humanity.
In a second moment of interaction, the President symbolically handed out presents to the students of Hogiwa primary school as part of the Ecological Christmas program.
The presidential couple also visited the sea turtle nesting area at the mouth of the Longa River, where hundreds of turtles have been transferred to the sea and visited an environmental education area and a workshop where women artisans work.
Started in 2003, Kitabanga is a sea turtle study and conservation project implemented by the biology department of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Agostinho Neto University.
The project has the partnership of the Kissama Foundation and the University of Namibe and operates under the umbrella of the Ministry of Environment.
It monitors 150 kilometres of coastline in the provinces of Bengo, Zaire, Benguela, Namibe and Cuanza Sul.
During this period the project has protected 45,000 nests, resulting in the safe spawning of 4.5 million turtles.
President João Lourenço is carrying out this work day as part of his commitment to social policies, bearing in mind that this species is in danger of becoming extinct. VC/SC/ADR/AMP
