Mozambique

Mozambique fits into Australia 10 times and has a population of about 29.6 million people. The country is divided into nine Provinces. SOWERS is now working in three of the Provinces – Zambezia, Niassa and Nampula. Portuguese is the official language but is understood by less than 30% of the population. There are many other languages in Mozambique and so far manuals and counselling booklets are in five of these languages. SOWERS registered in Mozambique and the work is being led by a National Board and a National Coordinator.

Worker Profiles

JOAO - Joao lives with his wife Estere in the North Western Zambezia Province. They are grandparents with three children of their own and an adopted daughter. Joao coordinates the work in Mozambique and is a Level 5 Sower. He was a school teacher and suffered considerably during the eleven years of civil war in Mozambique. He graduated from a Bible College in Malawi in 1992 and that was where he was introduced to the SOWERS Program. He is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Church of Mozambique. He has been responsible for translating a number of teaching manuals into Lomwe ( his local language ) and Portuguese.

ALFREDO - Alfredo and his wife Eliza have ten children, and they live in a rural area in Niassa Province where he coordinates the SOWERS work. He supports his family through farming. He graduated from a Bible College in Malawi in 1997 and he is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Church of Malawi. He was introduced to the SOWERS Program while at Bible College and has progressed to Level 5 in the SOWERS Program.