A Action Aid no combate à pobreza no distrito de Marracuene, 1995 à actualidade

Abstract

This paper entitled "Action Aid (AA) in the fight against poverty in Marracuene District, 1995 to the present day", aims to contribute to an understanding of the role of AA in the fight against poverty in Marracuene. To this end, we consulted written sources in various libraries and institutions in Maputo City that specifically deal with NGOs in general, and AA in particular, and poverty. We then carried out fieldwork based on structured and semi-structured interviews with people connected with the object of study. The bibliographical information allowed us to verify that the theoretical treatment of "poverty" defines it, in a general way, in the sense of deprivation. This deprivation which afflicts the population of Marracuene led AA from 1995 to 2004 to carry out the activities of service provision (construction of infrastructures, distribution of agricultural inputs, teacher training) which fall within the theories of "development" and "modernisation" advocated by Amartya Sen and Maria Alves respectively. And since 2005, AA has carried out human rights activities that fall under the "organisational and behavioural" and " gender equity" theories advocated by Maria Alves and Joan Scott, respectively, as a way of ending poverty. As can be seen, the activities of AA in the fight against poverty have not been static: on the one hand, they have been related to the reality of Mozambique, for example, the effects of the armed conflict in which Marracuene was one of the most affected districts (destruction of infrastructures); on the other hand, they are related to the current vision of the fight against poverty which includes the defence of human rights. Although the intervention of the AA in the above-mentioned areas is being felt, there are still some problems in Marracuene linked to health, education and other basic infrastructures.(TRADUÇAO NOSSA)