Victims of Violence in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Set to Benefit from Annual Award Fund

Speaking after receiving the award on July 17, President Rebelo de Sousa expressed appreciation to those who spearheaded the event saying, “I am humbled to have been chosen to receive this prize. I thank the organizers for designating me for this award.”

“This prize also represents an enormous responsibility in the sense that we continue together to fight for the enhancement of the Portuguese language and the promotion of the principles and objectives of the CPLP,” President Rebelo de Sousa who has been at the helm of Portugal since March 2016 added.

The leadership of Caritas Portuguesa, the official Catholic Church organization in Portugal for charity and social relief under the auspices of the Portuguese Episcopal Conference, that has been collaborating with Caritas Mozambique to reach out to victims of violence in Cabo Delgado, has acknowledged with appreciation the decision of the President of the Southern European country.

In transferring the funds from his award to victims of violence in Mozambique, the leadership of Caritas Portuguesa says, President Rebelo de Sousa recognizes the “work that has been done by all the organizations that are in direct support to the victims of the conflict in Cabo Delgado, in Northern Mozambique.”

“This is good news and shows great generosity on the part of President Marcelo, as it confirms and reinforces what has been his position on Cabo Delgado,” Rita Valadas of Caritas Portugal says in the statement issued July 18.

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Ms. Valadas further says, “Caritas applauds the great recognition of the urgency of finding a resolution to this conflict in order to give the more than 800,000 displaced people the possibility to resume their lives.”

Since 2019, Caritas Portuguesa has supported the population of Mozambique both in response to the impact of Cyclones Idai and Kenneth, and in emergency food support and reconstruction of livelihoods of displaced people in Cabo Delgado.