Mozambique

ACRA centre

Avenida Samuel Magaia 1566
Maputo
mob. + 258 823 041 510

FACTSHEET

Capital: Maputo

Area: 799.380 Km²

Population: 23.049.621

Situated in eastern Africa, Mozambique is a multi-party presidential republic from 1990. A former Portuguese colony, it gained independence in 1975; the country was pacified with the treaty of Rome in 1992, after a long civil war that shed many casualties and devastated the economy during the '80s.

The climate is tropical with monsoonal influence.
The current political stability, low crime rate, an economic system open to the market, have created a favourable environment to foreign investment and consequently a good economic growth rate. However, in the Human Development Index 2012 rating, Mozambique occupies the 184th position out of 187 countries. The wealth produced is concentrated in the hands of few, the country is strongly indebted and it is estimated that about two thirds of the population live in conditions of food insecurity.

The population is afflicted also by problems related to an inefficient healthcare service and an inadequate education system, a high HIV and malaria prevalence, as well as a large gap between the urban and rural areas.

ACRA works in Mozambique since 2014 with a program that combines the distribution of basic sanitation by developing social entrepreneurship.

CURRENT PROJECTS

>>> The Sanitation chain