Addis Ababa – The First Lady of the Republic, Ana Dias Lourenço, on Sunday in Addis Ababa, presented the social and community programs that her foundation develops in Angola, in favor of the populations.
Ana Dias Lourenço took stock of the activities carried out by her foundation Ngana Zenza for Community Development (FDC), during her speech at the 28th Ordinary General Assembly of the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD).
The event was organized on the sidelines of the 37th summit of heads of state and government of the African Union (AU), under the motto “Educate her and transform Africa : Enhancing access to health and education for the 21st century African women and girls.”
The First Lady indicated that her Foundation's projects focus on the education and health sectors, which she considers should be a priority throughout Africa.
She explained that Angola still faces the challenge of equitable development for the well-being of all Angolan women and men, mainly girls and boys.
To face this challenge, she indicated, FDC defined as one of the axes of its Strategic Plan for 2022-2025 the promotion of initiatives, projects and programs in the fields of health, education, environment and citizenship across gender.
In this context, she continued, FDC has supported and advocated for the successful implementation of programs and projects in the areas of education and health for women and, in particular, for girls.
Projects in progress
Among the actions already developed, it presented community projects such as TUPPI - Todos Unidos pela Primeira Infância (All United for Early Childhood), Safeguard Program for Young People (SYP), “Transforme Vidas (Transform Lives), Seja Mulher (Be a woman)” and Caruagem Clínica (Clinical Carriage)“Tata Uhayele”.
She informed that TUPPI, started in 2022, has already covered, across the country, around 26,154 children of pre-school age up to six years old, with educational activities, birth registration and vaccination and deworming campaigns.
For primary and secondary schools, SYP aims to train adolescents and young people aged 10 to 24 on protection from sexually transmitted infections.
In addition to sexually transmitted diseases, training programs also cover the prevention of unwanted early pregnancies, abortions, early marriage, harmful practices and gender-based violence.
The program has already trained 198 teachers and coordinators of after-school activities on management, menstrual health and sexual education, as well as guaranteeing the distribution of menstrual hygiene material.
Around 300,000 students already benefit from this program, of which 185,000 are girls, she said.
In turn, the “Transform lives, Be Woman” platform promotes initiatives aimed at young women from various segments of society as agents of change and influence in their respective communities.
Tata Uhayele (Take care of your health) consists of bringing primary health care to the neediest populations through railway clinical carriages operating between Lobito and Luau, according to the chairperson of the Ngana Zenza Foundation for Community Development.
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