Africa-Press – Angola. The auxiliary bodies of the Office of the President of the Republic, through the Secretariat for Social Affairs, presented, Wednesday (23), in the city of Lubango, the Action Plan that will guide voluntary activities in the country. The consultant of the Secretariat for Social Affairs of the Civil House of the President of the Republic, Luís Dambi, acknowledged that volunteering is an action that has been carried out in Angola for many years.
When framing the Legislative Package for Volunteering and Presentation of the Action Plan that will guide the same activities, in the city of Lubango, he highlighted the political will of the Executive, so that there is recognition from the point of view of governance and legal documents.
The also member of the Technical Group for the Elaboration of Legal Instruments for Volunteering said that volunteering is based on solidarity, as stipulated in the Constitution of the Republic.
He referred that the Government is fully available to create conditions that promote awareness-raising and dynamization of voluntary activity in the country. He added that the elaboration of the two documents took into account the objectives of sustainable development.
Luís Dambi clarified that the process of drafting the law and policy on volunteering began in 2016 and in the drafting process of the two legal instruments, attention was paid to the Constitution of the Republic, the African Youth Charter and the International Legal Instruments approved by the Nations United.
Plan allows for the activation of paralyzed actions
The deputy provincial governor for the Political, Economic and Social Sector of Huíla, Maria João Chipalavela, acknowledged that the approval of the Action Plan for Volunteering Activities will contribute to the reactivation of the family doctors project, with a community bent. “This activity, for us, strengthens a process that reached its peak in the province, with the realization of several interventions”, she said.
Maria João Chipalavela regretted that many of these doctors are currently stationed in other municipalities and the process is a little dormant and the approval of the plan will contribute to their return.
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