Africa-Press – Angola. The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, inaugurated, this Monday, the first phase of the Teresa Afonso Gomes Centrality, located in the city of Caxito, province of Bengo.
In this initial phase, 80 buildings were built, of which 72 house shops and 486 homes, eight of which are single-story houses, as well as health and police posts and a 24-room primary school.
In the second and final phase, the construction of a further 78 buildings of different types is expected, making a total of one thousand homes, namely 946 apartments, 30 single-story houses and 72 shops.
The first 486 housing units, out of a thousand planned, will mainly benefit public employees, with a quota earmarked for youth.
The housing project is the second in the province of Bengo, after Centralidade do Capari, the first to come into operation, with 4000 housing units.
The centrality, which is now called “Teresa Afonso Gomes”, in honor of the heroine who participated in the process of national liberation struggle, has a total of one thousand dwellings, including 946 apartments, 30 houses and 72 stores. It comprises buildings from type T3, with four floors.
The centrality also includes several social structures such as primary and secondary schools, health center, police station, multipurpose field, kindergarten and 11-a-side football field.
Authorized by the President of the Republic, through Order No. 54/21, of April 29, the Centrality was budgeted at 182.9 million US dollars, plus USD 4.5 million for the inspection contract.
Tribute to Teresa Afonso Gomes
Teresa Afonso Gomes was born in Nabuangongo, in 1946, and died in March 1967, at the Quincuzo Base (Congo Kinshasa), now DRC.
Daughter of peasants, Teresa Gomes only completed primary schooling and, from an early age, supported the guerrillas who fought in the MPLA’s first political-military region.
In 1965 he attended a course at the Revolutionary Instruction Center (CIR), in Dolisie, and joined the “Kamy Squadron” (a guerrilla column formed by fighters from the Popular Army for the Liberation of Angola (EPLA).
This squad was especially known for integrating five women guerrillas who founded the OMA, namely Deolinda Rodrigues, Engrácia dos Santos, Irene Cohen, Lucrécia Paim and Teresa Afonso Gomes (the honoree).
Construction work on the centrality began in February 2022 and generated approximately 1,350 new direct jobs.
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