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Social impact across our host countries continued
Mozambique continued
Community
development
Infrastructure
development
Together with partners, 35 km of
National Road in Inhassoro district was
rehabilitated. Total value of investment
was US$6 million.
Completed rehabilitation of three
health care centres in
Sofala (Mafambisse Health Centre,
Macharote Health Centre and Inhamizua
Health Centre), following destruction
during Cyclone Idai. These centers provide
access to healthcare services to over
75 000 community members.
To drive economic development and
improve access to electricity, Local
Development Agreements were entered
into with Ihassoro and Govuro district
governments in Mozambique to enable
13 000 people access to
off-grid electricity; 500
households access to on-grid
electricity and more than
4 000 people access to
improved stoves.
Two schools in Inhambane
(Palmeiras Primary School and
Chitsecane Primary School) that were
also damaged as a result of Cyclone Idai,
were rehabilitated. This supported
improved access to education for local
communities.
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Three health centres
CASE STUDY
To make travelling safer, we completed
rehabilitation of a passenger ferry which
was damaged by tropical storm Dineo.
Baia de Inhambane ferry is now
seaworthy and INAMAR-accredited,
suitable and safe for passenger
transportation. Communities make use of
this transport to travel within the country.
In March 2019,
Cyclone Idai caused
widespread
destruction across
Mozambique,
Zimbabwe and
Malawi. It damaged
agricultural land and
social and economic
infrastructure, and at
least 1 300 lives
were lost.
To help Mozambique recover,
Sasol and its partners, the
Ressano Garcia gas-fired
thermal power plant, CTRG,
and the Republic of
Mozambique Pipeline
Company, rehabilitated three
health centres in Inhamízua
(Beira), and Mafambisse and
Macharote (Dondo District)
that had been destroyed. On
the 10th June 2020, these
health centres were handed
over to the relevant
authorities.
At the Mafambisse Health
Centre, Sasol and its partners
revamped the maternity and
laboratory blocks, while the
Macharote Health Centre
benefitted from a total
Empowering
people
living with
disabilities
restoration of its public spaces
and medical team’s
residences.
The handover ceremonies of
the Mafambisse and
Macharote Health Centres
were led by the Dondo District
Administrator, José Paulo
Mutoroma, and were attended
by government and local
municipality representatives,
health professionals and
community leaders.
Mr Mutoroma expressed his
gratitude for the assistance
provided by Sasol and its
partners. “This support, on the
one hand, completes the
government’s actions and, on
the other hand, constitutes
added value as it will benefit
the communities that need
health services.”
“We hope to see our partners
continuing with these social
responsibility actions.”
We hope our contribution will
bring relief to affected
families, especially during the
COVID-19 pandemic, which has
resultes in a greater demand
for health care. We want to
ensure that the necessary
support is available.
In collaboration with United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), through our
implementing partner – the Human Rights
Media Centre, we participated in a conference
on human rights and advocacy training
regarding discrimination faced by people with
albinism across Mozambique and other
Lusophone countries.
