During their meeting on 24 August, Minister-president Bourgeois assured the President of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, that the cooperation between Flanders and Mozambique will be continued for the next 5 years. Mozambique is the last stop in the 11-day visit of Geert Bourgeois to Southern Africa.
With an amount of 25 million euros, Flanders will continue to support Mozambique the next 5 years. The partnership started in 2002 and since 2011 focuses exclusive on health care, with special attention for adolescents, one of the most vulnerable groups in Mozambique.
In Mozambique Minister-president Bourgeois also visited a few projects funded by the Government of Flanders. On 23 August he visited APOPO. By using giant hamster-rats, this project clears Mozambique of mines since 1996. After saving a lot of human lives by detecting land mines, the rats are now trained tot detected tuberculosis. Again, a life-saving mission for the giant rats.
Mozambique was the last stop of the ten day mission to Southern Africa.