Mozambique

Synergos began working with partners in Mozambique since the early 1990s. An early achievement was helping a group of Mozambican leaders establish the Foundation for Community Development (FDC), the first grantmaking foundation in that country.

Today, Synergos is working to overcome isolation and deepen social connectedness for children and youth in Southern Africa including through collaboration with the FDC.

The focus of this effort is community research on indigenous knowledge and care systems; education and training for those who most impact children and youth (families, communities, schools, and child care professionals); community-based models to prevent, identify, and address isolation; and informing and influencing public policy impacting this problem.

This work in Southern Africa is part of an emerging movement for social connectedness begun by Kim Samuel and led by the Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness, bringing together a growing, committed community of practice and networks of individuals and organizations around the world.