Niassa: Chief of Njesse locality requests 20 meticais from the population to build a Waiting Mother’s House

 

Mr. Baquir Amisse Kandemanje

This situation is dividing opinions. While some see it as positive, because the provincial government did not respond to the population's request, others believe the complaint from certain people in the Njesse locality, in the administrative post of Macaloge, Sanga district, Niassa province, northern Mozambique, is unfounded, as it concerns seeking a solution to a specific problem.

Called "No births outside the maternity ward," the campaign aims to raise funds to build a house where pregnant women and their companions can wait for the day of delivery.

Mr. Baquir Amisse Kandemanje, the chief of the Njesse locality, is leading the campaign to collect bricks for the construction of the Waiting Mother’s House.

"Considering the distances, the suffering of the productive population coming from various parts of the country to this area of Njesse for agricultural production, especially during the rainy season, and the need for institutional childbirth registration, there was a need to promote a brick collection campaign for the building of the walls of this house, as the community has IBR roofing sheets," he wrote on social media.

On an occasion with representatives of the population, Mr. Baquir Amisse Kandemanje, Chief of Njesse locality, asked the local authorities to raise awareness among people occupying the space of the health unit to start looking for other areas and vacate the hospital grounds to make room for the construction of the Waiting Mother’s House at that health facility.

At the same meeting, Kandemanje also urged everyone to take precautions against waterborne diseases, especially as we are entering the season.

According to the 2017 census, the Njesse locality has 6,906 inhabitants of both sexes, with the majority being female.

The Lumbiza Health Center provides an average of 57 institutional births per month. The locality is located 32 km from the district headquarters of Sanga.

As of now, the building for the Waiting Mother’s House has had its walls erected. The structure measures eight meters by five, and efforts are currently being made to complete the roofing. (Ma Mataka)