As part of the implementation of Covid-19 prevention measures, the Cabo Delgado Provincial Executive Council (CEPCD), Beluluane Industrial Park, USAID, Repensar and Pemba Energy City are running a health campaign in the cities Pemba and Palma to limit transmission and spread of the disease.
The initiative Pamoja Salama includes a number of measures such as the placement of hand washing equipment namely Tippy Taps into communities. They will furthermore provide cleaning products (soap and alcohol) and train community educators to disseminate prevention messages to these communities. All educators are registered as project interns with Beluluane Industrial Park. This project allows them to gain professional experience and prepares them for the job market.
Commenting on the initiative, the project managers said: “The way and speed with which the virus spreads shows that no one can beat Covid-19 alone. We all need to combat the disease together. The virus can affect anyone because to the virus we are all the same.”
The project managers emphasised that there are people who are more at risk of developing the most serious forms of the disease, namely the elderly or people who suffer from other health problems, such as diabetes, malnutrition, etc. There are groups that are less able to protect themselves, such as the disabled, refugees, displaced persons, street workers and those living in extreme poverty.
“We are all responsible for protecting the most vulnerable around us. We need to take care of each other and can do so by wearing masks, washing our hands and keeping a safe distance whenever possible,” they said.
Cabo Delgado Provincial Executive Council (CEPCD), has the mission of ensuring the promotion of good health and education of the population, guiding the implementation of projects to prevent and combat the disease in the province.
USAID / OTI, as part of its Tuko Pamoja Program, is the co-financer of this project. The Tuko Pamoja Program aims at strengthening the resilience of local communities in Cabo Delgado affected by extreme violence.
Beluluane Industrial Park (BIP) is a Public-Private Partnership between the Mozambican State, represented by the Agency for the Promotion of Investment and Exports, (APIEX) and Swiss-Mozambican Investors. This industrial park is the largest in Mozambique; it has created more than 6000 jobs and is expanding to Cabo Delgado province.
Environmental Education Cooperative Repensar is a cooperative dedicated to raising awareness and disseminating good practices for preserving the environment, with experience of an awareness campaign for the prevention of Covid-19 in Maputo, Matola and Marracuene from March to July 2020.
Pemba Energy City is a logistics-based company that supports this project to jointly stop Covid-19 in the province of Cabo Delgado.
