Manuel Miandica of Kuwangisana shares the organization's community outreach initiative in rural Mozambique which works with religious leaders and communities to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and assist people living with HIV.

1. Underserved Community Family Care Program
Caia and Chemba districtsI
STRENGTHENING LIVES
Spiritual and Phyisical
Care
Kuwangisana.org. kuwangisanaproject@gmail.com. miandica@workmail.com
ASSOCIACAO PARA DESENVOLVIMENTO
COMUNITARIO-KUWANGISANA

2. Kuwangisana Project
Kuwangisana means"For the better health and well being of all" in the local
Sena language. Through the programs provided by this project, many lives have
been positively affected and there is hope for the future.
Mission Statement
Kuwangisana is a non- profit/non-government holistic community
organization that provides programs to support and empower local people,
especially women and girls in rural areas of Mozambique in attaining
education and health services Through lords love.

3. • Pastoral Councelling ᴥ Referral
• Bible teaching
• Revival services
• Home visits
• Choir
• Community outreach and support groups
Spiritual Support

4. Women and Child Health
Kuwanguisana major program areas:
• Establishment of Comprehensive Family care
programs/ Increase comprehensive PMTCT services and follow up with
newborns 0 to 5 years old in rural Caia and Chemba
Districts.
• Community-based care and support for orphans
and children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS
(OVC);
• Mobilise and encourage male participation.
• Promote SRHS/Prevention Education;

5. Family Care homes
• Establishment of Family Care homes in rural
communities providing support treatment, reproductive
counselling and pre and post natal support. Homes also
used for PMTCT testing, community education and preve
ntion classes.Thus reducing the distance and risks
during pregnancies.
• Promote healthy living behaviours nutritional
support and parenting workshops.
• Participate in reduction of mortality for infants and
children under 5 years of age.
• Ensure infant registration.
• Link referral services with volunteers to ensure
follow up
• Provision of transport for high risk pregnancies and
travel allowances to improve uptake of PCR
testing for infants born to HIV-positive women

6. Male and Female support groups
uwangisana leverage more influence in the community. Deep-rooted cultural practices, such as “widow cleansing”and
arly marriage are targeted in prevention messages and trainings as well as the abuse of alcohol, the promotion of ge
der equality,and awareness of the rights of women and girls. Mobilisation of active and full participation of male
partners in the pre and post natal process including couple testings ,
edical check ups,delivery,family planning
nd health topics education sessions.

7. Early Childhood Development
• combined Spiritual, physical, clinical, social,
and psych-social care to meet the needs of the Child development beneficiaries by developing and utilizing culturally
sensitive and relevant approaches and materials to prevention efforts.
• Emotional support, counseling
• Nutritional support though the daily meal
program.
• Early Childhood education and integration of school drop outs.
• Library.

8. Life skills
Sewing lessons
Cultural conservation(dances and
traditional instruments)

9. Continued
Daily supervised sports and educational games give
children a safe place to play while teaching
teamwork, building confidence and encouraging
communication and expression. Children learn and
prepares music, dance and drama program and
performs them for fun, at community events or
provided special performances. These performances
encourage children to set goals and excel, provides
opportunities for recognition and to forget their
sadness.
Children with emotional trauma or disabilities
receive emotional support, counseling,
a way to communicate their thoughts, ideas and
concerns; and treated with kindness and respect by
teachers and staff. OVC also receives age
appropriate life skills including training for girls on
how to protect them against infant work, sexual

10. Moringa Business
• “Nzeru Za A Mai" The main goal
for this project is to mobilize women
in the
community of Sena ,Mozambique to
combat mal-nutrition and poverty by
starting a moringa farm and packagi
ng business to sell a highly nutritious
food supplement powder which will
help support Kuwangisana’s
education and community support
programs.

11. Girl health and hygiene
We promote and adress the following;
• Gender equity
• Zero Sexual harassment
• Dealing with menstruation period
• SRH education

12. Kuwangisana
Strengthening each other
“Assim brilhe a vossa luz diante dos outros para que vejam as suas boas obr
as e glorifiquem ao vosso Pai, que está nos céus. Mateus 5:16
Thank you
Obrigado
Takhuta
Www.kuwangisana.org,
Caiaconnection.org,
kuwangisanaproject@gmail.com
miandica@workmail.com
+258827026868,846600751