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10 March 1965
for them.  Therefore, the alternative is to find a house in the
Kurasini area for the girls.  Mrs. Anna Raposo has already consented to act as house mother.  What is needed is the promise of
funds to support this house.  A request has been made to a refugee
organisation in Europe, and we hope it will only be a short time
before this request is approved.
Beside the major additions to the Mozambique Institute facilities,
there is the constant problem of obtaining text books and teachers
to keep the programme going,  a shipment of 3,065 books are on
their way from Brazil, text books used in tho Brazilian school
system, which is similar to the Portuguese.  These books, both
primary and secondary texts, were not donated to the Institute,
but were bought by us through the Ford Foundation, which has been
most cooperative in locating and shipping these bocks for us.
Another shipment of books is on its way from Goa, a gift of the
Indian Government, which was negotiated through the good offices
of Rosario Pinto, Joao Cabral and the Indian High Commissioner
in Dar es Salaam.  This is a somewhat smaller shipment of books,
but covers both primary and secondary school programmes.  The
Mozambique Institute has been put in touch with a Goan bookshop,
and after we receive itelist of available texts, it is possible
that the Indian Government may buy more of these books for us.
The Indian High Commission in Dar es Salaam has also made a request
to its Government to send us at least two accredited secondary
school teachers who would also be able to teach primary school
subjects.  Since serious negotiations on this matter began only
a short time ago, it may take time before this request bears
fruit.  However, I think that within one year two such teachers
will be on the staff of the Mozambique Institute.
The Mozambique Institute is also expecting two part time teachers
from Czechoslavakia to teach in the primary programme as well as
the secondary programme.  Their duties will be specified when
their backgrounds have be^n reviewed.  It is our hope that they
will be with us soon since our staff member who tutors the
students in English will leave us at the end of May.
With the large quantity of Portuguese books coming in to the
Mozambique Institute, there is now a greater need for reference
books in English.  The British Council has given us three magazine subscriptions and a large number of books, including
Portuguese-English dictionaries.  However, we are in great need
of reference works in history, geography and science, as well as
a comprehensive encyclopedia, which last has been promised by USIS.
ST..FF TEaCHERS AT THE MOZAMBIQUE INSTITUTE
At the present time there are four staff teachers, in addition
to the two women teaching primary school.  Bernardo Ferraz is
the Dean of Students and teaches secondary school science and
tutors students awaiting admission to the Kurasini International
College.  Antonio Palange teaches secondary history and geography,
Portuguese and the history of Mozambique,  ^rcanjo Faustinho
teaches secondary maths urd the history of Mozambique and tutors
students awaiting enrollment in the KIC.  Tom Brown is on loan
to the KIC as a teacher of maths and French and at the Mozambique
Institute tutors students who are failing or near failing in
their subjects at the KIC.