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Director Executivo: Rui Vasconcelos* Sede: AAAJC* Telefone: 20030252*Cidade de Tete* Bairro Chingodzi* Editado em Português e Inglês
Quem somos? Associação de Apoio e Assistência Jurídica as Comunidades (AAAJC), é uma organização da Sociedade Civil
Moçambicana, não-governamental, sem fins lucrativos, de âmbito nacional, fundada em 2008 e com os seus estatutos legal-
mente publicados em 2010 no Boletim da República nº. 2, III serie, 4º suplemento de 19 de Janeiro. A sede é na cidade de Tete.
Penhane OFICIAL REPORT CARD OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR SUPPORT AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO COMUNITIES
The Executive Director Rui Vasconcelos* Sede: AAAJC* Telefone: 20030252*City of Tete*Chingodzi* Edited in Portuguese & English
Edition nº 135
Yesterday morning, we were surprised by a communi- materials and uncovered waste, therefore, in a com-
cation on the “TunaTazama” platform announcing that plete exposure to particle dispersion. It is a population
a member of the local government brought together that suffers numerous accidents within residential are-
communities affected by mining pollution in Moatize as and instead of a mature speech, heard hollow
to announce that Vale has been paying money since words. Mining causes wastewater discharges, some-
2002 to compensate damage that pollution generates to times causes poor and poor management, storage and
the health of families residing in the vicinity of that spillage of fuels and oils, negatively affecting water
company's concession. However, as this senior official quality. It also generates noise during machine work,
cites, money cannot be transferred to families because machine transport mechanisms, intersections and pe-
it is used to build schools, hospitals, and roads in that destrian paths, poor and dangerous traffic manage-
district. Although it is true, the Association for Sup- ment and even blocking access to houses. However, in
port and Legal Assistance to Communities strongly popular gatherings, emotional speeches can be heard
disputes that discourse because it raises spirits that that can foster popular unrest. Incidentally, as ex-
incite violence in the community. It is a fallacious and pected, the population stirred up demanding some
low-tech speech, worse yet to come from those who explanation from that member of the local govern-
came and addressed a population eager to see air pol- ment. This occurs in a province where consultation
lution compensation money coming into their pockets. with the Government and local communities is known
The Moatize people to whom that speech was ad- to be poor due to lack of information on investment
dressed are exposed to dust and emissions related to budgets and low technical preparation, which can
coal materials and waste, and such waste is not re- hardly be properly monitored.
moved immediately, nor daily, much less properly
disposed of. That population to whom an agitation
speech was intended cohabitates with coal and other
Who Are We? The Association for Support and Legal Assistance to Communities (AAAJC) is an mozambican Civil Society Organization (CSO) based in Tete province, non-governmental and non proffit, created in 2008 by
a group of Paralegals in natural resources and development law, formed by the Center for Legal and Judicial Training (CFJJ), now Ministry of Justice, who decided to organize themselves based on their knowledge to promote
social and economic development and respect for human rights based on observance of the principles of social justice, equity and sustainability. Its scope of action was limited to the areas of economic development and poverty
reduction in a participatory manner, legal support to communities and citizens, environmental education, conflict resolution, advocacy of public policies and human rights. In 2010, following the implementation of some initiatives
and completing the process of its constitution, the organization was formally legalized with statutes published in the Bulletin of the Republic no. 2, III series, 4th supplement of January 19, 2010.