US embassy cable - 05MAPUTO545

UNCLAS MAPUTO 000545 
 
SIPDIS 
FOR PRM/AFR - MARY LANGE 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREF, MZ 
SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE: REQUEST FOR 2005 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR 
REFUGEES ASSISTANCE 
 
REF: STATE 27113 
 
1. Summary. Post requests $20,000 for vocational training 
of refugees at the Marratane Refugee Camp in Nampula, 
northern Mozambique. The project will be carried out by 
World Relief, a NGO that has assisted refugees in Mozambique 
since 1998. With Ambassador's Fund assistance, World Relief 
would construct three classrooms for vocational training 
assistance, and would purchase necessary tools and equipment 
in order to carry out classes in basic electronics, 
mechanics, plumbing, and bricklaying. The target audience of 
the project would be unskilled camp residents with families 
and youths over 16 years of age. World Relief has 
demonstrated to post that it has signed a code of conduct 
consistent with UN IASC provisions and is thereby eligible 
for funding. End Summary. 
 
2. Justification: World Relief, in consultation with UNHCR 
and the Embassy, has identified vocational training as a 
priority for integration of refugees at Marratane Camp. 
Nearly all of the approximately 5,000 residents at the 
Marratane Camp are from the Great Lakes region, with a 
plurality from the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of 
Congo. Repatriation is not an option at this time or in the 
near future, and camp residents need skills and training to 
integrate into the local economy. The camp includes two 
primary schools and has taken initial steps toward forming a 
secondary school, but limited resources are available to 
train young men and women who already must provide for their 
families. World Relief currently carries out an agricultural 
microcredit program in the camp; this program assisted 634 
refugees in 2004. Also in 2004, World Relief started a 
vocational training program focused on computer skills, 
carpentry, and sewing. With this requested vocational 
training project, World Relief hopes to diversify the range 
of its vocational training to include more specialized and 
marketable skills, and also improve the quality and security 
of its training facilities. 
 
3. Project details: World Relief proposes to dedicate $13,000 
to the construction of three classrooms and $7,000 to the 
purchase of equipment for the new classrooms. Classrooms 
would be constructed with local materials (cement block, 
wood, plaster) and would be built by camp residents. These 
classrooms are necessary not only to create a suitable 
learning space, but also to establish a secure area where 
equipment can be stored without the threat of robbery. 
(Primary school classrooms at Marratane are exposed to open 
air and are not secure.) Equipment to be purchased would 
include the following items: two computers, electronic tools, 
mechanical tools, block making equipment, plumbing tools, 
desks, tables, and chairs. World Relief has identified 
potential electronics, mechanics, and plumbing teachers 
within the existing refugee camp population, and will pay 
teaching salaries with its own pre-existing funds. World 
Relief will arrange employment for trainees upon completion 
of the program. 
 
4. Code of Conduct. As a subcontractor for UNHCR, World 
Relief has signed a Code of Conduct similar to the one 
described in reftel. The code was signed by Samuel M. 
Grottis, Director of World Relief for Southern Africa. 
LALIME