The Republic of Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world with a majority of its population living in poverty and facing many difficult-to-solve problems. To contribute to the improvement of human dignity of the people living there, the NGo (Bridge for Lives in Mozambique) supports each individual in acquiring the knowledge and wisdom necessary for surviving the situation and solving problems by themselves. The NGO conducts activities to improve the quality of life, including building and operating educational facilities in slums, improving the water supply infrastructure, and conducting hygiene education in undeveloped rural areas, as well as supporting the activities of artists who are rooted in traditional culture.
The NGO built a shelter for refugees from conflict and terrorism in the Natite District, Pemba, and developed buildings, water taps, and deep wells backed by the TOTO Water Environment Fund. Also, although there has been an influx of refugees into the Espansione District, which is a 20-minute drive from Natite, there is no water supply system installed in this poor district, and people are experiencing chronic water shortages. For this fiscal year, the NGO will install a water supply tower to improve the water supply of Natitie refugee shelters to make it more smooth and efficient. It will also strive to improve safe water access for the residents, including refugees, by newly constructing a shared water facility and installing water taps in the Espansione District.
Megumi Enomoto, president of Bridge for Lives in Mozambique, founded this NGO in 2014 to resolve the discrepancy between the logic of developed countries, such as environmental issues and the actual status of living and the needs of poor countries, which she faced in Africa. She began construction of the school and Terakoya as educational facilities in the Natite District, the largest slum in Cabo Delgado Province, in the same year. She is working with about a hundred Mozambican volunteers to improve the quality of life of poor people there, focusing on education and sanitation.
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