Background information and progress Page 10.
10 March 1965
The only approach to this problem seems to be:
1. To survey the refugee population to determine tho
approximate number of men, women and children;
2. To ascertain the number of teachers among the
refugee population are able and willing to remain
at the camps to carry out teaching responsibilities;
3. To start an experimental programme with a number of
young children following the primary school syllabus
and teaching in Portuguese;  and
4. To start an experimental group in adult literacy
in Portuguese.
The Mozambique Institute feels that it is most important that
the refugees follow their instruction in Portuguese, since it
is a Portuguese-speaking country to which they will soon return.
The conditions at the refugee camps are of the utmost importance
to the success of an educational programme.  Although the programme will be geared to allow for a great amount of change in
the population, still a certain amount of stability must exist
in terms of food supplies, housing available and regular attendance as long as the person is living in the refugee area.  This
is especially important where the teaching of the children is
concerned,  a regular teaching staff must keep the continuity of
the educational programme, while the programme remains flexible
enough to allow students to move in and out without destroying
the educational system.  The type of programme to be set up,
therefore, must be organised in conj"unction with the camp authorities in order to insure a certain amount of stability.
as far as adult literacy is concerned, it may be that tho
system of teaching small cadres of people in the technique of
teaching v/ho can spread out through the camps would be best.
When an adult reaches a certain level of literacy, then that
person can set up another small group and carry out teaching
until members of that group can break off and spread out to
teach others.
The planning of an educational programme for the Lindi-Mtwara
camps is still very much in the embryonic stage, depending
heavily on the funds available for such a programme.  However,
every effort will be made to establish the best educational
system possible among these refugees, for when they return to
their own country, they will be vital links in the setting up
of educational programmes in their homeland, where at present
educational facilities are almost non-existent.
FINaNCI^L SUPPORT
The initial grant to start the Mozambique Institute was given
by the Ford Foundation.  It is with this grant that the present
Mozambique Institute building was erected and our programme was
operated for the first year.-The Ford Foundation grant has been
exhausted, and at present the\World Council of Churches in
Geneva are contributing to the\support of the work of the Institute.  Scholarships have alsp been given to Mozambican
students at the Institute by the United Nations and the Women's
Division of the Labour Paxty of the Netherlands.  Small contributions from individuals reach us from time to time,  appeals
have been made to refugee organisations which we hope will give
their support to the education of Mozambican refugees.  Requests