Mozambique – Eleven students

A dream come true!

Topic:
Education
Year:
2025
Beneficiaries:
Students

Our students

Project Held has existed for about 15 years. Fifteen years during which we've been able to welcome, protect, guide, and help children grow. Children who once arrived small and vulnerable are today at the beginning of a new chapter: their studies and future.

Where they once primarily dreamed of safety, education, and opportunity, we now see those dreams becoming a reality. Many of our young people are pursuing vocational training, taking courses, or have found local jobs. And a growing number are even getting to continue their studies at universities and colleges. That is something to be incredibly grateful for.

Studying: a great opportunity, but also a great investment

For our students, studying represents a huge step towards independence and a stable future. A diploma increases their chances of employment, income, and a life free from poverty. But this step also requires a lot. Studying incurs costs that pose a significant challenge for our projects:

a laptop
Textbooks and writing materials
Tuition
*rent a room (often far from home)
*clothing, sometimes a neat suit or uniform
*daily necessities

    These investments are substantial. In addition, our projects must also provide food, housing, medical care, and education for dozens of other children.

    We say yes!

    We believe that these young people, in particular, are the ones who can make a difference. Young people with a passion for medicine, law, technology, education, or healthcare. Young people who will one day be able to help others themselves.

    That is why we at Project Held want to make a conscious effort to invest in students who are motivated and truly committed. Young people who demonstrate that they take their opportunities seriously and want to use their talents to build a better future for themselves and their community.

    Will you help make their dreams come true?

    Would you like to help turn a child with no opportunities into a medical, law, or engineering student? Then let’s finish together what we started 15 years ago.

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    Luiza Catamgala
    Luiza, better known as Corrie, dreams of becoming a singer or starting her own business someday. Corrie is named after Corrie Ockhuyzen, the project leader at the children’s home. She now lives with us because her relationship with her mother, who used to work here as a cleaner, was very strained. She spent a lot of time on the streets…
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    Milton Aderto
    Milton and his two younger brothers, Lionel and Gerson, are happy to now live in the children's home, in a safe place. For them, that means three meals a day, school, and a stable, safe environment. Milton dreams of becoming a director later on. Before they came to the center, they lived with their grandmother who had dementia…
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    David Cutane
    David is a sweet boy who loves playing soccer and doing puzzles. He now lives in a safe environment where he receives the care he needs, eats well, and can go to school. David was born with HIV and has had many health problems in the past. His mother passed away and his father…
    Sponsor
    Vasco Sitõe
    More than anything, Vasco wants to get well. Right now, he’s still sick with HIV/AIDS, but he dreams of becoming a doctor one day to help other sick people. Vasco has already been through a lot in his young life. He was born in South Africa to Mozambican parents, both of whom have passed away. In 2021, he joined a…
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