The Zalala Foundation is a registered Mozambican charity based in the North Central province of Zambezia. We aim to improve the lives of local communities, in particular girls and women, by promoting access to basic rights, including education, health and reproductive services, training, business opportunities and employment . The work of the Foundation is funded through charitable donations and grants from within and outside Mozambique.
In order to get communities prepared to protect themselves against Coronavirus, the Zalala Foundation is temporarily suspending most activities and focussing on an intensive 3-month programme of awareness-raising and education in Supinho and Idugo. Community activists from other projects, such as the literacy project and the savings and credit groups have undergone training provided by health officials from the Women’s
This was the finding of recent survey carried out by the Department for Women and Social Action, the Government department responsible for overseeing the coronavirus emergency programme that has been rolled out by the Zalala Foundation over the last few months. Since the Emergency Programe was launched at the end of April, trained local volunteers have been working very hard