ADPP Mozambique has established collaboration agreements with different partners to develop its activities. The Government of Mozambique, through the Ministry of Education, is the major partner.

When ADPP Mozambique was established in 1982, it had very limited funds.

In 1988, ADPP started selling second-hand clothes in order to raise funds for the projects. Between 1988 and 1998, ADPP funded almost all its projects, in terms of basic expenses, with income from clothes and shoe sales. In the late 1990s, ADPP started expanding its projects, especially the Schools of Teachers of the Future. There was a demand for more funds to respond to the gradual project growth, and second-hand clothes and shoe sales could not meet this demand alone.

The work of Partnership in Development started with contacts to organizations, embassies and UN agencies with the aim of combining efforts and receiving assistance through major financial donations, donations in king, single donations and long term commitments.

ADPP Mozambique has created its own National Partnership Office that also cooperates with Humana People to People in this field.

The Partnership in Development has been of a paramount importance in the project development and the ADPP expansion in Mozambique, where it has grown from a small organization to a countrywide association, benefiting more than 5 million people.

Today, about 73% of the funds for ADPP projects come from Partnership in Development and 10% from sale of Second-hand Clothes and Shoes.

Most of the projects are within the education area where ADPP works as an extension of the Government of Mozambique efforts to implement its strategic plan.

The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UFF Finland are two of the partners with long term commitments who have played a core role in the establishment of the Schools of the Teachers of the Future in Mozambique, as well as support to Vocational Schools and Child Aid projects.

During the last years, other major funds have come from the governments of the United States, the Netherlands and Spain. The most recent major donors are USDA and USAID through the PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) program.

Throughout the years, many partners have contributed to ADPP projects. The uniting of forces always shows good results and therefore we give a hearty thanks to all partners, both small and large, who have contributed to the development of ADPP.