LEARN TO BE TREE
From north to south of Mozambique, there is a small tree, so simple that it seems irrelevant. But were we to remove this plant from the landscape, our world would be smaller and less our own. For it is part of the scenery of our soul, it has set roots in our most distant past. It has become history, a ramification of Mozambican time itself.

This tree is the Himbe. Its serious name, its scientific name is Garcinia livingstonei. In different parts of Mozambique, it is known by other names: Bimbi, Himbi, Muhimbi, Meto, Veto, Ntabaza, Petapelo, Mutotola. But it is always the same slight and modest being, marking an indispensable presence alongside the family fields. As if it were a frame for our humanized space. Just for ease of reading, we shall call it Himbe.

In general, the following are beneficiaries of the FDC's programmers:

Poor and vulnerable grass roots communities;
Women, children and young people deserving of special
attention because of their role, situation and level of
vulnerability;
Groups affected by the phenomenon of social exclusion, such as the elderly, the disabled, and the unemployed.

In a more structured way, the following forms of social organization of the beneficiaries of the FDC programmers have been identified:

CBOs (instruments that facilitate change), as grass roots institutions that articulate common powers, desires, interests and challenges in the community;
Community (the macro environment) as a series of households of individuals and structures for involvement at grass roots level;
Household (the micro environment) which shapes the culture and values of individuals, and conditions their capacity for change. Hence the necessity for laying stress on the household;
Individual, the beneficiary par excellence, the agent and object of change.

The FDC is not an institution of an operational type. It facilitates access to funds and technical assistance for communities and for other non-profit making organizations who also seek to help improve the living conditions of the poorest strata of the Mozambican population. Its objectives are attained through the communities

The level of absolute
poverty is 69.4%, which indicates that over two thirds of the