The "magic" that transformed Adélia's life in the Madjuva Community, in the Matituine district, Mpauto province
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Her name is Adélia Ubisse, and she is one of the peer counselors at the Clube SEKELEKA Madjuva project in Madjuva, in the Matutuíne district of Maputo. Adélia is 25 years old and the mother of two children, one of whom is 8 and the other 6 years old. She is fatherless and lives with her mother and two brothers.
Today, Adélia is proud of the woman she has become through the interventions of the Matutuine Sexual Reproductive Health Project (MSRHP) in Matutuíne.
"Nam not proud of the life I led before acquiring knowledge about sexual and reproductive health, but I like the woman I have become. I'm a better woman now because I'm well informed about my sexual and reproductive life as well as economically empowered." he said.
Adélia Armando has been leading the coordination and planning of the club's activities with the girls of Madjuva since 2021, and her commitment has made the club a success.
brought brilliant results.
"The activities are planned by me, together with other mentors and peer advisors, and then approved by the other members of the group. For example, when we plan to do door-to-door sales, we first draw up a weekly plan, then ask the other members if they are available or not, and finally distribute the tasks." Adélia explained enthusiastically.
She had dropped out of school, but because of the lessons she has been learning in the project, Adélia has now returned to school.
She is currently in the 10th grade and, once she finishes, she plans to save money from her hairdressing business and the earnings she makes from the club's business to pay for the computer course she so much wants to do
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