FRIENDS OF INHARRIME
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Mozambique remains a very poor nation -- greater than 60% of its residents are estimated to live in extreme poverty. According to the UN World Food Programme, Mozambique recently ranked 181 of 189 countries in the 2020 Human Development Index, 103 of 107 in the 2020 Global Hunger Index, and 127 of 162 in the 2019 Gender Inequality Index. Many children come to school in Inharrime without having eaten, and they have a hard time focusing on studies with empty stomachs.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
School Lunch Program
More than 800 students at the Laura Vicuña's elementary school in Inharrime, Mozambique, receive a small loaf of bread each day as a school lunch. Many of the students do not eat anything before they come to school. As can be imagined, they have a very hard time concentrating if they don’t eat. Through this program, they get something to eat each day and they are better able to focus on their studies – teachers report that they do noticeably better in school after eating.
Infant nutrition program
Infants with failure to thrive in Mozambique have very few options for nutritional support. Our program provides infant formula and baby food for infants identified at the local health post and enrolled in our program.
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Our results
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Number of children reached with a meal each school day
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School Lunch Program
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Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
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.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
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.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
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.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
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.
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FRIENDS OF INHARRIME
Board of directorsas of 09/13/2022
Dr. Mary Rysavy
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
John R Becker
Matthew A Rysavy
Mary E Kubanda
Hans L Becker
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