mozambique

After 24 hours of air travel, and a time difference of eight hours, I find myself back in the beautiful land of Kenya with the red soil. Birdsong woke me up at 5:30 just before sunrise. Flowers are in bloom all around and windows are open. I ate breakfast in the garden – fresh mango, banana and pineapple, bread and omelettes.

I am attending the first of five PWRDF partner roundtables that will take place in 2009, during our 50th anniversary year. These sessions with our partners will create a dialogue on development work in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Indigenous communities in Canada.

Zaida Bastos has been with The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund since 1998, and is currently the Africa Program Coordinator.

Here, Zaida shares what’s in store for 2009 in Mozambique, with exciting news about a new micro-credit institution. Image Gallery.

Among other priorities in 2009, I will be concentrating my efforts on the opening of a new micro-credit institution or “Caixa” for women in Nacala, Mozambique. It promises to be both exciting and challenging.