ABOUT EMPOWER BENGUERRA

Learn more about us and come join us!

This journey started with love. On the first meeting with this amazing country, I was overwhelmed with the beauty. The beauty of those serene beaches, the majestic animals. And the beauty of a generous, kind and lively people.

Annika, Founder of EmPower Benguerra

A Swedish charity foundation

EmPower Benguerra is a small Swedish charity organization focused on supporting the school and community at the island of Benguerra in Mozambique.

Our work will be directed by the needs and mandate of the Benguerra Community and the Benguerra School. The goal for EmPower Benguerra is to enable growth and prosperity at Benguerra through Education & Entrepreneurship.

The organization

This foundation builds on the personal engagement of a few individuals, based on the love for the island of Benguerra and its people.

All projects are fully dependent on donations of time, skills, money and other resources. All activities will be fully transparent as regards budgets, input and outcomes, individuals involved, etc.

In a first phase, the foundation with have a five-year mandate to engage at Benguerra. The work will start on a small scale and grow as the funding and human resources grow. All contributions from donors go directly to the community and children at Benguerra. We as founders take care of all the administrative costs. To keep the administrative costs to a minimum we have a very lean organization.

The foundation is independent from any government, organization or company, and is politically, religiously and culturally neutral.

Our role

The role of EmPower Benguerra is to encourage and give resources to empower.
Education can empower & our focus is on the school children.
To support entrepreneurship within the community can empower people,
To EmPower women and men to become Entrepreneurs can lead to economic growth and new jobs.
Access to electric power opens up new possibilities.

Trust, mutual learning and sharing

We believe that only if we know and trust one another can we learn together and make a change. Openness and transparency is important to build trust, and to learn from one another. EmPower Benguerra is fully open and transparent on all goals, projects, activities, partnerships, resources, costs, hinders, etc.

Our core values

Empowerment

We believe in Help To Self Help. We call this empowerment. The greatest power to grow a stronger economic situation, with more jobs and enhanced possibilities lies in the people at the community at Benguerra. EmPowered Children, Teachers, Women, and an entire Community can learn and grow.

The role of EmPower Benguerra is to encourage and give resources to empower.

Education can empower & our focus is on the school children. To support entrepreneurship within the community can empower people, To EmPower women and men to become Entrepreneurs can lead to economic growth and new jobs. Access to electric power opens up new possibilities.

Local ownership

All projects and activities must be fully embedded in the local community. It is the Community who takes project ownership. The role of EmPower Benguerra is to bring ideas and solutions, discuss, plan, support in implementation and evaluation, partly finance, etc.

Change through partnerships

EmPower Benguerra is a new and small organisation and we have so much to learn from others – the local community, governmental organizations, NGO:s, lodges, etc. By connecting our resources and skills we can do more. Together we can be stronger and make a change.