HOW IT ALL BEGAN
Mozambique’s growth forecasts are very positive despite the difficulties of recent years. However, the country’s economic growth is not directly proportional to the growth in employment: in the last few years, the number of university graduates has increased significantly, as has the number of unemployed. It is estimated, in fact, that around 40% of young people in urban areas are unemployed: a percentage that increases in more peripheral areas and in the provinces. For this reason, we chose the province of Gaza (specifically the city of Xai-Xai) as the location for the first cycle of training. In the provinces, young people have fewer opportunities for growth and stimulation than in the big cities, and the organisations also operate less intensively and continuously.
