Mozambique is one of the poorest, most underdeveloped countries on earth with unemployment over 50%. AIDS afflicted more than 30% of the adult population 10 years ago; still 18% today; resulting millions of orphans.
The government couldn’t build enough schools to keep up with the population. Schools are doubly and triply used: some students attends from 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM; others from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM; and a third group from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
We took a walking tour of the capital, Maputo, and saw the usual former colonial fort, railway station, hospital, hotels, government administrative buildings and churches. But I am going to post pictures from my 2 week trip to Mozambique 10 years ago with a Methodist Church - Habitat for Humanity team to build houses for AIDS orphans.
How to Build a House in Mozambique
Infrastructure in Mozambique is poor to non-existent. Electric generation
is so lacking that load shedding occurs on a daily basis and almost no one has
electricity 24 hours a day. Only 50% of the population has access to clean
potable water. Malaria is a major health issue. There is no drivable road or
railroad between the two largest cities. In many areas there is no trash
collection.
So even though Mozambique has one of the lowest wage rates
in the world, no multinational can take advantage and locate operations here due
to the lacking infrastructure.
Crime is high. South Africa has had problems with desperate Mozambicans
slipping across the border, making their way to Kruger National Park, cutting
through the fences and living by hunting the game in the park for food.
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