In coordination with the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP), the aid consisted of food, medicine, school and office supplies, technological equipment, and hygiene and cleaning products, among other items, which will support the operations of the Havana-based school.
According to the Angop report, the initiative reaches an institution dedicated to ensuring the comprehensive development of minors with behavioral disorders, as well as providing support to young people in need of psychosocial guidance—all at a time when the Caribbean nation is facing an intensifying economic and energy crisis.
The handover ceremony was attended by diplomatic representatives from Angola, South Africa, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe, who had the opportunity to speak with the school’s students and teaching staff.
Speaking on behalf of the SADC group, South African Ambassador Yvonne Nkwenkwezi Phosa remembered the legacy of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro (1926–2016), whose birth centenary has been commemorated throughout the year, even though the actual date was August 13.
In particular, she highlighted the attention the statesman devoted to the well-being of children and adolescents—both in Cuba and in other countries, including those in Africa.
She also took the opportunity to pay tribute to the Cubans who defended Angola and fought against the apartheid regime, and who played a fundamental role in the victory at Cuito Cuanavale on March 23, 1988—a victory that marked the liberation of Southern Africa.
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