WORLD VISION MOZAMBIQUE

CHILD SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM

DERRE AREA DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Funded by: World Vision United States
MOZ 173817

Mulombe School Construction Project Proposal

Prepared by: Anstacio Pedro Quaria
(Deputy Provincial Coordinator)
Date: October 2nd 2007
Translated by: Claudio Capitini
(Provincial Program Officer)
Reviewed by: James Phiri
(Deputy Operation Director/Ministry Quality)
Approved by: Ventura Marcos Mazula
(Operations Director)
Date: October 2007
National Office: WV Mozambique-Maputo
Contact Person: Albert Longy
(National Director)
Telephone: (+258-21) 350600
Fax: (+258-21) 350619
E-mail: wv_moz@wvi.org
October 2007 World Vision Mozambique

Table of contents
A. Proposal Outline...............................................................................................................................................................3
1. Brief Description Of Project..............................................................................................................................................4
2. Project Context.................................................................................................................................................................4
2.1 Education Background:...............................................................................................................................................4
2.2 Institutional Arrangements..........................................................................................................................................5
2.3 Other Donor Linkages.................................................................................................................................................5
2.4 Experience..................................................................................................................................................................5
2.5 National Or Local Government Approval....................................................................................................................6
3 The Project Framework......................................................................................................................................................6
3.1 The Problem To Be Addressed...................................................................................................................................6
3.1.1 Why Was This Particular Problem Selected?......................................................................................................6
3.1.2 How The Need Was Identified/Community Participation.....................................................................................7
3.1.3 Were Any Feasibility Studies Or Base-Line Surveys Undertaken?.....................................................................7
3.1.4 Are There Similar Projects Being Undertaken In The Locality By Others?.........................................................7
3.2 The Objectives To Be Achieved Are:...........................................................................................................................7
3.3 The Target Group........................................................................................................................................................7
3.4 Level Of Participation..................................................................................................................................................8
3.5 Gender........................................................................................................................................................................8
4 Implementation..................................................................................................................................................................8
4.1 Outline Of The Stages Of Project Implementation.....................................................................................................8
4.2 Proposed Date For Commencement Of Project.........................................................................................................9
4.3 Time Scale For Implementation..................................................................................................................................9
4.4 What Arrangements Have Been Made For Training Those Who Will Implement The Project...................................9
4.5 What Specific Activities Are Proposed........................................................................................................................9
4.6 Monitoring And Evaluation..........................................................................................................................................9
4.7 Assumptions And Risks...............................................................................................................................................9
4.8 Environmental Risks...................................................................................................................................................9
4.9 Sustainability.............................................................................................................................................................10
5 Financial Information (See Attached)..............................................................................................................................10

A. Proposal Outline
Project Title
Project Location
Contact person in WV USA
Contact person in the field
Sector
Project beneficiaries
Project Duration:

Assisting Agencies
Grant Requested
Prepared By:
Reviewed by
Date Prepared:

Derre Area Development Program (ADP) - School construction project

Zambzia Province, District of Morrumbala, Mulombe Village
Erica Wetzler
Ventura Marcos Mazula
Basic Education
The target group are the children of Mulombe and surrounding villages
Pre-construction: 01 Month
Construction: 10 Months
Post construction: 01 Month
Total 12 Months
Derre ADP, School Committee, Morrumbala District Directorate of Education,
Local Leadership and Community Members.
US$ 121,765
Anastcio Pedro Quaria
James Phiri
October 2nd, 2007

1. Brief Description of Project

The school construction project is meant to complement other WV-Moz development activities in the community of
Mulombe in Derre Area Development Program (ADP) and contribute to the attainment of the overall education goal of
enhanced education and human resource development for community of Mulombe. This goal will be achieved through
achievement of the following objectives:
Access to quality education by all school going age children
Training and development of local capacity
The project aims at improving access to quality primary education to children of Mulombe and surrounding villages
covering a population of approximately 15,000 people in a radius of 10 Kilometers from the school. This will be done
primarily through the construction of five new classrooms, using conventional material, such as cement, bricks and iron
sheets. The classrooms will be furnished with desks and blackboards, providing children with proper learning
environment. The project will also build one teachers house close to the school in order to guarantee close monitoring
of school property and activities and one borehole. A general office will also be built to provide space for teachers
meetings and proper record keeping and will be equipped by one library.
The project seeks to further increase educational opportunities for children by exposing them to better learning
environment so that they compete favorably for the few Secondary School places in the Province.
2. Project Context
2.1 Education Background:
World Vision has been involved in the development process of Derre community since March 2000. Over the last five
years, the program has facilitated the creation of a local institution named Derre Area Development Committee (DADC).
Derre ADP has 24 official primary schools with approximately 13,306 children. The program has been involved in
providing blackboards, teaching and learning materials, and supporting refresher courses for teachers, paying salaries
for teachers, supplying school material and promoting sport. The program has assisted communities in the rehabilitation
of several classroom roofs and in the construction of 4 conventional primary schools in the following areas: Majaua,
Muerrungo, Geral and Galave with a total number of 10 classrooms, two offices and 12 latrines.
The intent of WVM through Derre ADP is to impact directly the lives of children and the community through sponsorship
support. The ADP will adopt a multi-sector approach in its efforts to alleviate the suffering of the affected communities.
The ADP area covers Derre locality with a population of 49,000 people, which includes about 7,483 children below the
age of 14.
Mulombe School is an old school dating back to pre-Independence days but the enrolment is at only 364 children, with
most school-going age children opting for other activities due to lack of incentives for education. Problems faced include
poor school infrastructures and shortage of teachers. It is believed that the construction of the permanent school
structures will be a great incentive not only for school enrolment but also for teachers attraction.

Photo 1
Photo 2
Photo 3
Photo 1&2: Mulombe School: as a result of parents effort A makeshift classroom built by parents. Problems from
learning under such conditions include poor lighting, leaking roofs during rains, and yearly repair works.
Photo 3: Children attending classes in the open air. This is a common sight in most schools in the ADP area. Problems
include cancellation of classes during rains and heavy winds, and distracted attention due to passers by. The
construction of permanent school structures will be a great incentive to the children of Derre.
2.2 Institutional Arrangements
The primary responsibility for the implementation of the Derre ADP project is World Vision International-Mozambique
(WV-Moz) whose involvement in Mozambique started in 1983, with relief assistance to war-affected population. Since
1994, WV-Moz has undertaken a multi-sector program approach to restore food security to war and drought affected
smallholder farmers. The organization has supported the successful resettlement of more than 1,500,000 refugees
repatriated from neighboring countries and those displaced within the country.
More recently, the organization assisted in relief operation to a total of 75,000 people affected by the floods that hit
Mozambique during February and March of 2000, in the districts of Xai-Xai and Machanga in Gaza and Sofala
provinces, respectively. Currently, the organization is assisting over 50,000 people affected by this years floods in the
Zambezi Valley.
The proposed area for the construction of the school has an on-going development project being funded with child
sponsorship funds through World Vision US. This project started in the month of October 1999.
2.3 Other Donor linkages
The people of US who will be sponsoring children through World Vision US will fund the ADP activities. There is also an
on-going road reconstruction project in the ADP area that aims at making the community more accessible to
development agencies.
2.4 Experience
World Vision Mozambiques involvement with this community started in 1999 in the form of Child Sponsorship Program.
Child Sponsorship programs in the country as a whole started in 1998. School constructions and other infrastructure
rehabilitation works have successfully taken place in other World Vision projects. WV-Moz will be assisting ADP
community with participatory integrated development activities with the ultimate goal of empowering the community to
be able to lead its own development activities. As mentioned earlier the proposed project will be implemented in
Morrumbala district, in Zambzia Province. It will be within the Derre Area Development Program (ADP) funded through
WVUS. The ADP has been running for over 5 years. During this time, community structures such as the Community
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Development Committees have been created to co-manage the ADP. Apart from these structures, WV has developed a
working relationship over the years with traditional community leadership structures and local government to mobilize
community participation in all development initiatives. Local churches have also played a key role in community
mobilization to create a solid working relationship between local communities. These communities have the additional
advantage in that there were exposed to WV interventions in the past.
2.5 National or Local Government approval
The ADP philosophy is to work hand in hand with government departments and other NGOs in the area to avoid
duplication of efforts. To this end, consultations with District Education authorities were undertaken to ascertain their
plans for the area. The District Government authorities have expressed the need for construction of permanent
classrooms in the ADP area. They have also expressed appreciation by World Visions involvement in education. The
Government promised to provide its contribution to the project in the form of provision of teachers and meet the schools
recurrent costs. They will also provide inspection of work to ensure quality in construction. The proposed school will
therefore be integrated in the normal Government system of education.
For the implementation of the project World Vision will work in close collaboration with education authorities at the local
level to ensure adherence to all technical standards, and the community to ensure its ownership of the project.
3 The Project Framework
3.1 The problem to be addressed
The legacy of school destruction by the civil war and lack of capacity by the government to restore education
infrastructure has left so many children deprived of an opportunity to have proper education. Long distances to get to
upper level primary schools that are only existing in a few areas, and lack of money by parents to meet school fees
required to send children to boarding schools elsewhere in the country, has further exacerbated the situation. During
several meetings with community leaders and the community itself, the need for improved classrooms in the area was
vehemently expressed. The need was further confirmed during visits to the existing schools.
3.1.1 Why was this particular problem selected?
World Vision as a partnership has refocused its programs to respond more effectively to the needs of children. In
response to these needs WV-Mozambique, World Vision launched the first sponsorship program in 1998.
In Mozambique, primary education consists of lower level primary school (1 st Grade Primary School or EP1) offering
classes from grade 1 to 5 and upper level primary school (2 nd Grade Primary School or EP2) offering classes from
grade 6 to 7. Despite the introduction of upper level primary school grades in the ADP area, children attend classes in
makeshift classrooms made of mud, wood poles and thatched roofing (see picture 1). These schools do not admit
sufficient sunlight and do not offer good environment for learning. In the long run, poor lighting has negative effect on
the eyesight of the children. All existing schools in the area are made of local materials.
Upon completion of lower level primary school most children stay at home due to shortage of upper classrooms. As a
result, children find themselves stranded at a very young age since they can no longer go to school and they cannot
find jobs due to their young age and low level of education. This results in early marriages, teen-age pregnancies and
drug abuse since the youth have no challenges in life. If new classrooms are built in Mulombe village, children will have
more opportunities of being enrolled into school thus reducing the number of children involved in the problems outlined
above.

3.1.2 How the need was identified/community participation

As World Vision Mozambique has embarked on participatory community development, the decision to build the
classrooms was reached after careful consideration of concerns presented by the ADP community. Quite often, parents
complain of lack of proper primary school in the project area, a situation that forced children to walk long distances to
get to the nearest school or simply stay at home. Thus, the community initiated this project by bringing in a request for
assistance and World Vision has agreed to collaborate on the ground that the project is participatory. The community
will provide labor in the form of provision of water needed for the construction works and other materials that are readily
available in the area. World Vision will bring in skilled and supervisory staff for the implementation.
3.1.3 Were any feasibility studies or base-line surveys undertaken?
A PRA process was applied in this process. The consultations with community members and Government Officials have
confirmed the urgency of addressing the need.
3.1.4 Are there similar projects being undertaken in the locality by others?
There are no other similar projects being carried out in the target area so far.
3.2 The objectives to be achieved are:
The main objective is primarily to offer improved education opportunities to the children of Mulombe and surrounding
areas in Derre ADP which would result in more children being interested in education.
The following outputs are expected at the end of project implementation:
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Five new classrooms will be built

One staff room to be used by teachers to keep school records and properties
The staff room will be equipped with 500 books and other learning materials
125 double desks for students, 10 teachers desks and chairs
One house with two rooms for the school Director.
8 pit latrines for students and teachers
One borehole

3.3 The target group

The target group for this project is the children of Mulombe and surrounding villages. In the academic year of 2007
Mulombe village alone enrolled more than 374 children in school despite all problems faced. These numbers can easily
be increased if new classrooms are added. The construction of new classrooms will benefit approximately 1,000 in
those villages from grade 1 to 7. The immediate benefits to be obtained at the end of the project are:
More classrooms will be available increasing the number of children to be enrolled in each year.
Children will have good learning environment by being provided with classrooms equipped with desks and
blackboards thus increasing childrens performance
Teachers and students morale will be high and that will contribute to good performance.
Mulombe will have less of its youth involved in anti social activities.
More children will have access to school hence increasing the opportunity of training for tomorrows local leaders
School records and properties will be more secure
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 Extra curricular activities will be increased thus children will spend more time at school.
3.4 Level of participation
A high level of participation is expected, taking into consideration the fact that the community initiated the project and
that World Vision only accepted on the grounds that the community will fully participate. The understanding is that the
community will supply local materials for construction and World Vision will bring in skilled and supervisory staff for
implementation. Based on similar experiences with World Vision projects elsewhere, there is no apparent reason for
failure with the present project.
3.5 Gender
The project is designed specifically for the children of the ADP area. Statistics in our possessions show that there is a
great disparity between opportunity given to girls and boys enrolled in schools. School officials report a high rate of
dropouts among the girl population, the main reasons being high demands on the girl-child to support home activities
and rearing of younger siblings. Premature marriages are also common in the area. The current objective of the project
on that issue is to bring the number of girls attending school to represent the national ratio of female to male which is at
52:48.
By building new classrooms and by persuading parents on the importance of providing girls with equal educational
opportunities as those provided for boys, project staff strongly believe that the number of girls in school will increase.
This will in future, be reflected in girls getting more educated thus taking part in the decision making process within the
community.
In the implementation of the ADP strategy, deliberate action is being taken to increase participation of women and
children in the decision-making process. This is achieved by a combination of various participatory methods that include
gender training for project staff and local leaders, and encouragement to the community to select women to be part of
the ADP Development Committees and Sub-committees. This will help the community understand that there are no
such tasks that are only a privilege of men or of women. This approach will forge the foundation of community
development based on equal opportunity for all.
During the implementation of the present project both men and women will be engaged in equal proportion to their
numbers in the community. Since it is envisaged that it will be difficult to find skilled women in the community due the
stereotype role currently in place, women participation will be through the provision of water and as helpers in the
construction process.
4 Implementation
4.1 Outline of the stages of project implementation
Project implementation will comprise the following major implementation stages:
Stage I Construction and equipment of 5 classrooms and staff office
Stage II Construction of the school Directors house
Stage III Construction of Pit latrines and borehole
Each one of these stages will have the following steps:
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2.
3.
4.
5.

Gathering of construction material: purchases, water collection and cleaning of construction site (done once)
Measurements, digging and filling of foundations
Raising of walls and leveling of windows and doors
Roofing and painting
Furnishing with desks and blackboards

4.2 Proposed date for commencement of project

Construction of the school will commence within one month of grant allocation by World Vision US
4.3 Time scale for implementation
The duration of the project will be approximately 12 months, allowing for procurement of materials and positioning of
skilled personnel and the construction work itself and reporting.
4.4 What arrangements have been made for training those who will implement the project
Since World Vision Mozambiques experience in school construction will be used and skilled personnel recruited no
prior training is required to accomplish the task.
4.5 What specific activities are proposed
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Community mobilization for this specific activity

Gathering of construction material: material purchase, water collection cleaning of construction site and molding of
bricks (done once).
Measurements, digging and filling of foundations
Raising of walls and leveling of windows and doors
Roofing and painting
Making of desks, chairs and blackboards

4.6 Monitoring and evaluation

One progress report with photographs of activities at the end of six month and one final report upon project completion
(after 12 months) will be prepared by the ADP Manager and sent to World Vision US by the National Office. The
Operations Director will work closely with ADP management to monitor progress. The technical sector from the
Government Department of Education will provide technical supervision on a regular basis. Regular visits by the
Operations Director and Provincial Director of World Vision in Zambzia will present an in loco verification and
monitoring of activities.
A final report including a narrative and detailed financial sections will be presented within 30 days of project completion.
4.7 Assumptions and risks
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There will be full community participation.

Funds will be secured to enable construction work to start
No unusual rains will fall
Skilled construction workers will be available locally or in nearby towns.

4.8 Environmental Risks

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No environmental side effects are expected with the construction work since the new building will be raised in an area
already allocated for the school and where makeshift classrooms already exist. Furthermore, there are no water bodies
or other sources in the vicinity likely to be polluted by the construction work.
a) Possible negative effects:
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A few trees will have to be cut to allow space for the construction work
Noise will be inevitable to the already existing classrooms.

4.9 Sustainability
World Vision strategy is that of sustainable rural development. To this end, an existing school committee will take lead in
all activities. This will ensure that local community will be involved in all stages of project implementation and still be
able to carry on with development even if World Vision involvement ceases. Besides, the construction of new
classrooms will increase access of children to better education hence the possibility of becoming the leaders of
tomorrow.
Consultations with local government authorities and education department will ensure that once the classrooms are
built there will be enough teachers to take over as a result of new children being enrolled. The government and the
community will ensure maintenance of the infrastructures.
The completed school will be handed over to the Government District Education Department and the local community
within 10 months after the date of commencement of the project.
5. Detailed Financial Information (See Attached)

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