Mozambique

A 40-foot container sent from Austria in August 2003 included 210 computers and 105 monitors, as well as typewriters, printers, educational books and children's bicycles.

The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles organisation has worked closely with an organisation in Maputo, Mozambique which is seeking to increase literacy and schooling and giving people the tools and skills they require to raise themselves out of poverty.

One 20-foot sea container from Germany included water pumps, agricultural equipment, school supplies as well as 12 hydraulic hospital beds, computers and monitors from Austria.

The equivalent of six 20-foot sea containers was sent in the summer of 2003, starting with a container of computers, medical supplies, clothing and food items from Switzerland.

Working with international volunteers in urology, we have sent large quantities of urological equipment to Maputo. We arranged for an article to be published, describing the urgent need for doctors and equipment in Mozambique. The article was sent to 1,000 urologists in America.

The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles arranged for a team of doctors from America to travel to Mozambique to teach new techniques of surgery in their hospital. In March 2003, a doctor from New Zealand traveled to Mozambique to assist and also offer training to the staff. As well, an American urologist has invited a Maputo doctor to come to New York to observe new techniques of surgery.

"I was taken on a tour of a urology ward at a hospital. I was shocked to see the conditions in which they worked."

"Everything seemed very old and broken. I would never have imagined a hospital could even function in this way. I was shown much equipment which dated back form the early seventies. Most of it was unusable due to a lack of replacement part