US embassy cable - 04MAPUTO1430

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MAPUTO 001430 
 
SIPDIS 
DEPT FOR AF/S HTREGER, AF/RSA, AND AF/EPS 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID, MZ, DHRF 
SUBJECT: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND INTERIM REPORT 
FOR FY 2003 PROJECTS 
 
 
1. SUMMARY: This cable represents the interim report for 
FY03 for the Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) in 
Mozambique. It contains information on the financial 
status of all projects from FY03 including the amount of 
money granted, spent, and the balance, as well as an update 
on the final disposition of funds not used by the projects. 
END SUMMARY. 
 
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DHRF Projects FY03 
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2. Currently, two DHRF projects are considered completed, 
while four remain active pending disbursement of payments. 
Of the USD 57,000 total amount obligated across the 6 
projects, USD 13,856 has not yet been disbursed. If the 
remaining funds are not disbursed by December 31, 2004, 
they will be deobligated by the Department of State 
HR-03-656-01 Campaign Against Trafficking in Children 
Amount Granted: USD 25,000 
Obligated: USD 20,000 
Balance: USD 5,000 
Location: Nampula, Sofala, Manica and Gaza provinces 
Status: This project is active. The NGO Civic Education 
Forum (FECIV) has spent USD 20,000 on two child trafficking 
seminars held in Nampula and Sofala provinces, the latter 
with participants from Manica province as well. FECIV used 
the money to pay for transportation of participants, 
renting of space, photocopies and fees for moderators and 
facilitators. FECIV is planning to use the remaining funds 
to hold a similar seminar in Gaza province before the end 
of the year. 
HR-03-656-02 Radio Program on Human Rights 
Amount Granted: USD 3,500 
Obligated: USD 2,000 
Balance: USD 1,500 
Location: Nampula province 
Status: This project is active. The League of Human Rights 
is facing problems completing this project because local 
vendors in the region who supply needed materials such as 
tapes, recorders, and microphones, do not want to comply 
with State Department payment policies. Attempts are still 
under way to find alternatives. 
HR-03-656-03 Girls Resource Center 
Amount Granted: USD 12,000 
Obligated: USD 5,500 
Balance: USD 6,500 
Location: Changalane, Boane ditrict, Maputo province 
Status: This project is active. NGO Forum for Women 
Educators of Mozambique (FAWEMO) has used part of the funds 
to buy office equipment and t-shirts used in their campaign 
to prevent girls from dropping out of school. FAWEMO is 
planning to hold a similar campaign during school vacations 
in November. 
HR-03-656-04 - Community in Democratic Development 
Amount Granted: USD 15,000 
Disbursed: USD 14,793.14 
Balance: USD 206.86 
Location: Manica province 
Status: The project was completed. The Mozambican Network 
of NGO's Against Drugs used the funds to produce a brochure 
on human rights and democracy, as well as to hold 
roundtables and debates in areas where the communities have 
little or no access to information on these topics. The 
remaining balance will be deobligated. 
HR-03-656-05 Human Rights, Democracy and Gender 
Amount Granted: USD 7,500 
Disbursed Amount: USD 7,473.94 
Balance: USD 26.06 
Location: Moamba district, Maputo province 
Status: The project was completed. NGO Association for the 
Development of Rural Project was successful in bringing 
together local communities, the League of Human Rights and 
local authorities in Moamba (i.e. government officials, 
police, and the courts) to learn about and discuss key 
human rights issues like the universal declaration of human 
rights, democracy, discrimination against women on the 
workplace and the role of civil society in the promotion of 
gender participation in the rural areas. 
HR-03-656-06 Campaign Against Sexual Abuse of Children 
Amount Granted: USD 7,000 
Disbursed Amount: USD 6,277 
Balance: USD 623 
Location: Cabo Delgado, Tete and Gaza provinces 
Status: Based on experience acquired in South Africa, NGO 
Community Devlopment Forum (FDC) launched a campaign to 
combat sexual abuse against children in Pemba and the 
transportation corridor areas of Tete province, where the 
problem of child prostitution and exploitation is 
considerable. FDC is planning to use the balance to 
produce pamphlets on the issue. 
LA LIME