Project Vita

Hi!👋 My name is Lauren Taylor and I could not be more excited to be interning with Project Vita! 🇺🇸 I’m currently a student at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, where I am finishing up my studies of Applied Diplomacy. Over the course of my internship, I hope to learn more about how nonprofits operate internationally and begin putting my knowledge of diplomacy and international relations to good use! ! 🌍 I love Project Vita’s commitment to practices like knowledge sharing, sustainable development, and bridge-building between global volunteers and local communities in Mozambique. 🇲🇿 I’m looking forward to being a part of such an incredible mission and organization over the next few months! 💪 Welcome to the team🙌 • #Mozambique #USA #Intern #Development #africa #ruraldevelopment

We're super excited that this project is still getting attention in forums and articles all over the world! 🌎 • If you haven’t checked it out yet, what are you waiting for? Give it a read and if it makes you smile, drop us a like!👍 And hey, if you’re totally into it, don’t be shy, share it with your friends!😘 • #mozambique #sweden #projectvita #africa #LONGi #Senergia LONGi Solar Senergia AB Ann-Sofie Birkås Linnéa Hjort Michel Olofsson Anton Obrink Simson Jakobsson Inger Strand Adam Levén Axel Arvefors Casper Arvefors Hanna Olausson Tim Ljunggren Will Han Daniel Ong 王赐信

At the end of 2015, we started a exciting project to create a playground using up-cycled old tires. 🌟 This initiative was driven by the belief that every piece of waste has value, depending on how we choose to see it. We partnered with an architecture class from the local university, Pedagogica, and began by delivering lectures to future architects and engineers. 🎓🏗️ To provide students with hands-on experience and expose them to rural perspectives, we brought the students to the village. Our goal was to demonstrate them how local and recycled materials can be effectively used in designing play areas for children and young people. ♻️ #Mozambique #ProjectVita #Ruraldevelopment

It has now been a year since we partnered with BRIGHT Products on an incredible project 💡 • In rural Mozambique, access to energy is a major challenge. Connecting to the national grid is costly, and with such a vast country, expanding the main grid is a hard 🌍 • One effective solution for these communities and government infrastructures is smaller solar systems and lamps ☀️ • For generations, many rural communities have lived in complete darkness. The ability to charge a phone and have light at night is truly life-changing ✨ • We need to consider the profound impact that even a small amount of light can have in a home. Children gain additional hours each day to read, play, or do homework 📚 Over the course of a year, how many more hours do they get to read, and how will that impact their education? It’s not about providing everyone with a fridge or a TV, it’s about providing more LIGHT 💡 • Project Vita, 440 households, 1200 people in Linga Linga, Chicuque Rural Hospital , 315 traditional leaders, rural clinics, directors at 45 primary schools and 5 rural police stations are grateful for the support. More projects will soon benefit from this project🙌 • An extra thank you to Olle Elander that made this happen and Linnéa Hjort for all the amazing videos made during the project. • • • #Mozambiue #Sweden #Norway #Brightproducts #Africa #Energy

During this spring, Andreas Falk a student at KTH Royal Institute of Technology , Sweden has been doing his master thesis in collaboration with us at Project Vita. 🌱 By utilizing a holistic approach, with a combination of systemic and service design, he investigated how a community center can fulfill various needs of citizens of rural villages such as Linga Linga. 🏘️ The final result was a map of the local challenges 🗺️ and a community center concept to enhance democracy, local trading, education, and female entrepreneurship. 🗳️💼📚👩💼 Bachelor’s and master’s students from Swedish universities consistently provide us with practical and impactful solutions to challenges in Mozambique. Their ideas have the potential to directly elevate the living standards of people and communities in rural Mozambique. 🇲🇿 🇸🇪 Thank you so much Andreas Falk for your time with us🙌Now let’s inspire more rural solutions cross Mozambique and Africa🙌 • #Mozambique #Sweden #Development #Africa #Ruraldevelopment #lingalinga #kthstudent

We couldn’t agree more, the more we work together toward these needs, the greater our impact on communities and the world. 💧💦🌍 Providing clean water at health facilities is also crucial, which is why we’re dedicated to support clinics in this. • #waterforall #water #development #globalgoals #mozambique

Check out this video showcasing the building process of our Pilot Project (Cobhouse) from 2015! 🏡✨ All of us were new to our roles, but when you approach a project with purpose and passion, it always turns out beautifully. 💪❤️ A huge thank you to everyone who participated, and a special shoutout to Linus Ingemarsson, Erik Söderman, and Lars Hallen for flying in to support this project. 🙌✈️ Press de CC button for subtitles🔤 • Filmed by Linus Ingemarsson • #Mozambique #Africa #Sweden #ruraldevelopment

At Project Vita, we've been dedicated to developing sustainable solutions since 2015. 🌍 As we approach a decade of exploration and innovation, one key lesson stands out: there's no one-size-fits-all solution for the challenges faced in rural Mozambique. Each project has expanded our knowledge, experience, and understanding. 📚 These coming weeks we will update you on our past projects and our journey. ✨ By combining diverse cultures and expertise, we can identify solutions that truly meet the needs of the communities we support. 🤝 Our first project aimed to find affordable and sustainable housing solutions for rural Mozambique. We witnessed numerous homes deteriorating, with families living in poor conditions. 🏚️ At that time, there were few, if any, initiatives focused on providing simple, cost-effective housing for people in rural areas of Mozambique. If we want to change a big problem we need to find small solutions that millions of people can take and implement themselves. 🏡 Our initial challenge was determining what foundation to use. We chose car tires and old rice bags filled with three tons of crushed glass. 🚛♻️ Although we initially considered using stones, the cost was prohibitive. Instead, we followed a brewery truck to a garbage dump, where we saw waste pickers searching for food and items to ease their hunger and poverty. 🗑️🥖 Rather than collaborating with the factory responsible for the waste, we provided gloves and bags to the people at the dump and paid them for each bag they filled with glass bottles. By the end of the day, we had filled an entire truck with glass. 💪 🚛 Next, we began making adobe bricks (mud bricks with straw) alongside volunteers from Sweden and Mozambique. 🇸🇪🇲🇿 While people have built houses with mud for generations, not everyone uses fibers to reinforce the structure against rain. 🌧️ Our goal isn't to invent something new but to enhance what people already know, enabling them to improve their living standards if they choose. ✨ The key to development is to inspire and empower people to take ownership of the solutions and believing in themselves. 💡🙌 To achieve this, we must involve local leaders and community members, ensuring they feel apart of the solution. 🌍👥 #Mozambique #ProjectVita #RuralDevelopment #Housing #Naturalbuilding

We are thrilled and optimistic about the future of solar energy in Mozambique! 🌞🇲🇿 • Take a moment to read LONGi Solars press release at the link below.🙌💪 • https://lnkd.in/dCH8JrTg • #mozambique #LONGi #Senergia #ProjectVita #Africa #solarenergy

🌍 “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb 🙏 For the past decade, we’ve been dedicated to working in rural Mozambique without the backing of larger NGOs or development aid. Our belief has always been that the right people will join us when the time is right, and together we can transform the lives of hundreds of Mozambican families and communities. 🇲🇿 Our vision is to become a beacon of change, demonstrating how development aid should and could be approached globally. While our current focus is on Mozambique, there are countless grassroots organizations across Africa that also need support and guidance to elevate their living standards and communities. ☀️ To our friends and supporters: this is just the beginning. Together, we will bring many positive changes to light, and we hope others will join us in setting a new standard for development aid. 🙏 What the people wants and need is and should always be the priority. Thank you again to LONGi Solar LONGi Solar Europe Senergia AB for making this happen and we hope we can do even greater things for the people in Mozambique and Africa. 💡 “Solar for All and Life for All” ☀️ #LingaLinga #Mozambique #Africa #LONGi #Senergia #ProjectVita #solar #CSR #development 🎥 Vídeo: Linnéa Hjort Will Han Anton Obrink Daniel Ong 王赐信 Michel Olofsson Linnéa Hjort Adam Levén Hanna Olausson Inger Strand Tim Ljunggren Simson Jakobsson Axel Arvefors casper arvefors Ann-Sofie Birkås