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Africa-Press<\/a> – Mozambique<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>In Mozambique, the average person spends less than 60 meticais per day to live. But this is just a statistic. The fact is that many families live on far less.<\/p>\n

On the occasion of World \u2018End Poverty\u2019 Day on Sunday, \u2018O Pa\u00eds\u2019 published the stories of how some people face the daily struggle for survival.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to get something to eat. The dishes and rubble in the yard show one side of a family that many do not know. They should be enjoying the sweetness of life, but fate has left them bitter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe often go to sleep without having eaten even one meal. It\u2019s hard to guarantee enough food for my kids. When I can, I buy a bag of rice, but it doesn\u2019t last a week. The children are suffering. I have seven children, five of whom are studying, while the other two, the oldest, have dropped out of school,\u201d Louren\u00e7o Manhi\u00e7a complains.<\/p>\n

To shelter his family from the elements, Louren\u00e7o built a roof with old zinc sheets in a space belonging to a church. But that solution is already under threat, as the owners are already demanding that they leave the plot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are several difficulties I face here, at home, the most critical being the lack of a roof. Even now, we run the risk of being kicked out by the owners of the house where we\u2019ve asked to stay. The space belongs to a church and we\u2019ve been told to leave. We are thin and pale. We have many children, but are unable to support them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bags that are supposed to preserve food are used to store recyclable materials. With little to give, the father of seven wants a better future for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want my children go through what I\u2019ve gone through in life. I lost my parents when I was young; I grew up suffering in times of war and without access to education. I hope my children will study and get jobs to support their families. Once my children are in a good situation, I hope God will take me,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

But there are those who don\u2019t even have the mercy of having their family around them.<\/p>\n

In a makeshift hut surrounded by garbage, Cacilda spends the worst days of her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot stand it! If the government could help me get through this phase, that would be something, because even the family I trusted no longer exists.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cacilda\u2019s every day is purgatory. In fact, she was never set in the right direction. In the beginning, everything went well, but with the passage of time, that changed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI rented a house once, but over time, I couldn\u2019t pay for it, because they increased the rent and I was sick at the time. When I met this lady, I asked for shelter. She referred me to the head of the block who came to show me this space.\u201d<\/p>\n

But there is no money to buy food, and a pain which cannot be cured with monetary amounts.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy children are already grown up, but I have no contact with them, because I left my father\u2019s house a long time ago, because of the war.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fact is that, in the cities of Maputo and Matola, many families live in extreme poverty, lacking access to basic services such as water and electricity, and even food.<\/p>\n

According to the National Institute of Statistics 2019\/2020 Family Budget Survey, which covered about 13 million families, most of Mozambique\u2019s population continues to live on less than a dollar a day.<\/p>\n

By<\/b><\/p>\n

Edmilson Lambo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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