CANADA will provide 1,3 million-dollars (US$819 000) to a nongovernmental women and children’s organization in Mozambique led by Graca Machel, the wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela, the International Development Agency said. The Canadian contribution to Mozambique’s Community Development Foundation was announced on Sunday, during a three-day visit to Canada by Machel and Mandela. “Graca Machel has devoted her life not only to raising awareness about the situation of children in developing countries but also to inspiring global action to support them,” Canada’s international cooperation minister, Maria Minna, said in a statement. – AFP
Monday November 19, 2001