The Mozambique Stock Exchange (BVM) held on Friday, the 15th of this month

, a round table on nutrition and human rights, as part of Christmas solidarity, at Quinta das Buganvílias, in the city of Maputo.

This year's solidarity Christmas had the collaboration of the Ministry of Health (MISAU) and the National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH).

It should be noted that this is the third consecutive year that BVM supports Cooperativa Luana Semeia Sorrisos (COLUAS), a non-profit association formed by a group of women whose children have a disability and supports 85 children aged between 5 and 15 years old .

The event was marked by several moments, from the round table on nutrition and human rights, distribution of basic food baskets and games with children with special educational needs and their guardians.

On the occasion, the President of the Board of Directors of BVM, Salim Cripton Valá, said that the initiative aims to guarantee social and gender inclusion. "BVM's mission is to organize, manage and maintain the centralized secondary securities market, but is not exclusively focused on the financial system. BVM is concerned with the well-being of the family and society. The objective is to make our children look for the future with hope.”

For her part, the head of the Nutrition department at MISAU, Marta Amaro, highlighted the need to prevent chronic malnutrition through a balanced diet: “in the first six months, children should only consume breast milk. After this age, it is important to opt for natural products and avoid processed products, to prevent chronic malnutrition. A balanced diet will ensure that the child reaches their maximum development potential.”

In another intervention, the representative of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH), Flora Quembo, said that the biggest challenge is the implementation of human rights laws, that is, "we have internal laws that guarantee the rights of people with disabilities. However, the biggest challenge lies in the implementation of these laws, we continue to have a low culture of human rights at the institutional level and at the community level. We need to encourage communities so that they can know their rights and be able to complain, as well as training agents and State officials in matters of human rights so that we can have humanized care as all human beings enjoy the same rights." Quembo said.

Salim Valá ended his speech with an appeal to organizations to join the cause and provide help and solidarity to others.

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