Organizações comunitárias de base e sua contribuição no desenvolvimento do projecto parque nacional de Limpopo

Abstract

The present research had as theme "Community Base Organizations (OCB"s) and their contribution to the development of the Limpopo National Park (PNL) project. It was carried out in the villages of Ngala, Buiela and Tchowe in Mapai-rio, Chicualacuala district, Gaza province, involving the OCB's. The study had as general objective, to identify the base community organizations and to analyze their possible contribution in the development of the PNL project in the locality of Mapai-rio with a focus on agricultural activity, to analyze the needs and socio-economic aspects of the CBOs and the interaction between the OCB's and the PNL. For data collection, consultation of secondary data, simple observation, informal conversations and semi-structured interviews were used as techniques. Members of the OCB's and technicians from the ACTF's were interviewed. The selection of members of religious groups was made randomly. For the mutual help groups, as they are made up of less than 8 members, all members were interviewed. Data were analyzed using the method of clustering by pattern coincidence and the results were based on studies carried out by Manhiça et al..(1989), van Vugt (1992) and Pijnembug et al. (2000), mainly to analyze the internal dynamics of the groups. The objectives and activities to be carried out by the communities in the PNL were used to consolidate the analysis of the contribution of the CBOs in the project. The survey results indicated that self-help groups are formed with the aim of gaining time in activities, as well as reducing hard work. While religious groups aimed to improve church facilities, as well as help their believers. In general, the OCB's practiced agricultural activities for the crops of maize, pump beans, protection against speculative buyers, livestock repopulation and commercial establishment. As for the contribution of CBOs to the PNL, it was seen that it is currently unlikely, because, for community involvement, the park works on the basis of committees, from which some elements are selected for certain functions. In the future, OCB's can contribute to the development of the PNl, through self-employment, community tourism, creativity projects, supply of products to the hotel industries, in the case of leguemes, handicraft products.