Programas de combate a pobreza: uma análise a partir de um grupo de mulheres beneficiárias do programa da acção social produtiva - PASP no posto administrativo número 1, cidade de Quelimane, Província da Zambézia

Abstract

The study aimed to analyse the impact of the Productive Social Action Programme (PASP) in the lives of the beneficiaries, focusing on their perceptions of the effectiveness of the activities implemented in the programme. The field research was carried out at Posto Urban Administrative Post 1, Quelimane city, Zambézia Province. The study shows The results of the research indicate that the people participating in the PASP are women who live on an agricultural and small business basis, and it was possible to find among them widowed women abandoned women and others living with their partners. These women have various experiences in their daily lives, which enables their social reproduction, The results of the research also show that the women who benefit from PASP are aware of it and consider it to be an instrument that contributes to the improvement of their living conditions. conditions. In addition, they were dissatisfied with the activities carried out within the programme, and stated that it was not what they would like to receive as part of the activities carried out, they explain that they have experiences in the practice of agriculture and commerce and speak of the need for a support in these activities, which consists in the provision of resources of an agricultural nature such as agricultural inputs, hoes, expensive boots, and of an initial capital to develop their business. The study concludes that the issue of support for vulnerable people is a complex one, which requires care in approach to it, both in theoretical and practical terms, and that the support people should not be treated in a universal way, as people have specific life needs that differ from target group to target group. specific life needs that differ from one target group to another, and that also vary as they have events in their lives that change their course.(TRADUÇAO NOSSA)