Rubatano Home Based Care

Gondola, Mozambique

Mozambique is beginning its return to modern existence after the recent end of its long time civil war. The brutal atrocities carried out by both sides of the conflict drained the country’s people of dignity, safety and stable infrastructure. The rebuilding process has begun. The shipping and tourism economy is strengthening, and democracy appears to be taking root. Yet the decimated local communities, now extremely underdeveloped and suffering the additional economic and social damage of an HIV/AIDS crisis, remain a significant barrier to development.

The Project
In 2003 local Pastor Carlos Giua, supported by Hands at Work in Africa, began working in the central Mozambican community of Gondola, 120 kms west of Beira. Rubatano Home-Based Care (RHBC) was created, and by 2007 the 35 local RHBC volunteers were caring for 150 patients through regular home care visits, ARV support and clinic transport and providing support and food to more than 560 community orphans and vulnerable children.

Expansion Plans
Land has been secured and plans drawn for a multi-purpose RHBC care center to be built in Gondola as a center for feeding, medication distribution, counseling, pre-school activities, and ARV support groups. The center will also act as a meeting place for local volunteers, as well as a skills training facility. Next door, a site for income generating activities such as poultry farming and vegetable gardens is also prepared to strengthen the project’s holistic effect as well as its sustainability.

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