FRIENDS OF INHARRIME

We aim to decrease hunger in Mozambique. We hope to help support growth and thriving for children in Inharrime, Mozambique, through programs that support child health, nutrition and education.

We partner with a local organization that has worked in Mozambique since independence and in Inharrime since 2004 to provide nutritional support to children and families most in need. We fundraise and raise awareness in the United States in order to obtain the resources needed to create ongoing, sustainable programs in Mozambique.

We have provided ongoing support for our main programs for more than a decade. We have a consistent and dedicated board and donor base. We have excellent local partnerships.

In 2021, Friends of Inharrime continued to support programs aimed at supporting nutrition and education for children and families in Inharrime, Mozambique.

We provided 710 students at the Laura Vicuña Primary school with bread each day. The program expanded this year to provide each student more bread and ensured that children did not have to try to learn while hungry.

We supported an average of 20 babies per month (and one set of triplets!) to receive supplemental formula milk through Samuel's Milk program that provides formula for malnourished babies who are unable to nurse or are otherwise failing to thrive.

We sent a donation of cloth menstrual pad packs made by one of our long-time supporters to help girls at the Centro Laura Vicuña orphanage with menstrual hygiene. These packs were beautifully made and much appreciated!

We continued to support children and families through the child sponsorship program, where families come to the Centro Laura Vicuña to receive rice, beans, oil, soap and other basic supplies to keep their families going despite extreme poverty. Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Salesian sisters at Inharrime continued to support these families. The second photo above shows some of the 237 families in line to receive their donations in December 2021.