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Background: Almost five centuries as a Portuguese colony came to a close with independence in 1975. Large-scale emigration by whites, economic dependence on South Africa, a severe drought, and a prolonged civil war hindered the country's development. The ruling Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) party formally abandoned Marxism in 1989, and a new constitution the following year provided for multiparty elections and a free market economy. A UN-negotiated peace agreement between FRELIMO and rebel Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO) forces ended the fighting in 1992. In December 2004, Mozambique underwent a delicate transition as Joaquim CHISSANO stepped down after 18 years in office. His newly elected successor, Armando Emilio GUEBUZA, has promised to continue the sound economic policies that have encouraged foreign investment.

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By Ibhabhatane
August 10th 2008

"But the dust on my boots and the rhythm of my feet and my heartbeat say Africa..." Africa » Mozambique

Wine Tasting

i wrote this when i arrived in moshi at the beginning of august...but never got around to posting it! Quick update on travels so far... 5 weeks of holidays has flown by but not without lots of amazing sunrises and sunsets, some adventures, lots of new places, and a few too many long dusty bus rides! This will be a quick update as the group climbing Kili is meeting up for a last minute planning supper in a few minutes so here is the fast run down of the past couple of weeks At the beginning of July I flew down [View Full Entry]

By Jimmahw
August 4th 2008

Southern Mozambique - finishing in style! Africa » Mozambique » Southern

Time was rapidly running out, so we made a beeline for Tofo in Mozambique, intending to have a couple of weeks diving and relaxing on the beach, to recover a tan which had slowly disappeared in the South African winter! We arrived and pitched our tent in fatima´s nest, only to find a cloudy sky and news that all the Manta Rays and whale sharks (the 2 things Tofo diving is famous for!) have gone AWOL, not quite what we had in mind for our return to the "promised land" of Mozambique! However... we met some really cool people and had [View Full Entry]

By The Fresh Prince of Mozambique
August 2nd 2008

Into the mind of a confused Peace Corps Volunteer Africa » Mozambique

You know, after a while it just gets to you. Everything! The culture, the people, the work, the daily grind. I can't lie, it just begins to wear on you. There is corruption everywhere, especially in the government, the force that is supposed to lead the people to a brighter tomorrow. The people governed don't help the situation. They say they want change, they say they can't tolerate the ways things are, but often times they just talk, and talk, and talk, they are too lazy to put action behind their words. The culture, although sometimes beautiful, can just be too [View Full Entry]

By BradDenton
August 2nd 2008

Last entry Africa » Mozambique » Central » Beira

Last day at Dondo

Everyone’s getting ready to get the heck out of dodge. Today, all we had on the schedule was to take the bunk bed parts to Dondo, assemble them, and spend the rest of the day cleaning, packing, and preparing to go. Our vehicles were all gone, either in the shop or in use by other Care for Life people. All we had was a small covered pickup. So we had to pack the beds tightly in the truck to take them out to Dondo. The truck was way beyond bottomed out. And we strapped a bunch of mattresses to the [View Full Entry]

By BerLM
August 1st 2008

Marvelous, magical Mozambique Africa » Mozambique » Southern » Vilanculos

Dhows

Mozambique was an absolute blast as expected. Our trip had three purposes; firstly to relax a bit, secondly to serve as a week of saying farewell to our friends and family and lastly as a place to do our commitment ceremony. Unfortunately as a result of logistics and circumstances, we could not get everyone that we wanted to be present to be there. There was a shortage of space and flights. We had 21 people in total and it was still an amazing week. We arrived on the 21st of July, with our parents, roz, Cailen and Bernhard´s sister, Ingrid. For [View Full Entry]

By BradDenton
August 1st 2008

Giving away extra stuff; our last night at the baby orphanage Africa » Mozambique » Central » Beira

Up, please!

We’re coming into the homestretch of the trip. This morning as I was getting ready the lady who cleans the place mentioned that it was her last day. I said yep. She said she had a favor to ask. I said what. She said he son doesn’t have shoes and could I give her some. I thought that was a little forward but of course it’s impossible to say no under the circumstances. And she’s a nice, poor lady. So I said sure, and gave her the choice between my sandals and my running shoes. She took the sandals. I [View Full Entry]

By BradDenton
July 31st 2008

Working on bunk beds Africa » Mozambique » Central » Beira

Homemade checkerboard

A couple days ago, Ryan received a text message saying that Care for Life had won 85,000 metacais (about $3,500) and a motorcycle from the phone company. We figured it was probably not legitimate, but it didn’t have any of the normal earmarks of a scam. It wasn’t asking for money, and it told us to go to the phone company rather than some other address. So we thought it was worth checking out. That’s what we did this morning. Unfortunately, it wasn’t legit. While we were out we visited several places looking for a Mozambique t-shirt. We saw a [View Full Entry]

By BradDenton
July 30th 2008

Travel to the orphanage at Nhamantanda Africa » Mozambique » Central » Beira

Nicest garden I saw in Moz

Big day today. We went to an orphanage called Nhamantanda, about a 90-minute drive north of here. There were some pretty interesting things to see on our way there. One thing we saw was a government office along the road that looked like a weigh station would look in the US. There were six or eight speed bumps in the middle of the road, so we were crawling along for a quarter-mile or so. A bunch of guys trying to sell bags of cashews ran along the car for the whole time, trying to get us to buy. I probably [View Full Entry]

By BradDenton
July 29th 2008

Working at Casa Banana and Partying at Kadesh Africa » Mozambique » Central » Beira

Casa Banana young'uns

Today we went back to Casa Banana to finish teaching sewing stuff. Before we did that, there was a brief Care for Life lesson on “the rights of children.” It’s interesting, I’ve seen several references to the “rights of children” here. They talk about it much more than we do in the States. Maybe that’s because as a practical matter children do not have many rights here. Among the rights they listed were the rights to “freedom from abuse,” “free time and toys,” “health,” “education,” “hospital [View Full Entry]

Playing with the parachute at Casa Banana

By BradDenton
July 28th 2008

Working at Dondo and the baby orphanage Africa » Mozambique » Central » Beira

Reading to kids at Dondo

This morning Warner Woodworth, a BYU professor in international development, left for home. He’s been here with us the whole time, although usually doing different things. When I went to the meetings with villagers, he was the one I went with. He’s a pretty interesting guy. Remember Oulessebougou, Mali? He was instrumental in starting up that whole thing. He is involved with the church’s international aid and with various microcredit organizations, and similar stuff. He lives on half his BYU salary and gives the rest to similar kinds of organizations. Hmm, I remember [View Full Entry]

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