Solidarity and sustainability - 7th Day Adventist Church Angola

Adventist Church in Angola takes care of people's well-being, focusing on the most vulnerable populations

Present in Angola since 1993, the company Carrinho is a company with vast experience and credibility in the national market. It has currently become the biggest driving force for food and nutritional self-sufficiency in Angola. It is committed to developing the country's agri-food industry, responsible for managing all stages of the agri-food process from origin (production), transport, storage, transformation and marketing of food.

As part of its social responsibility, it signed a food management and distribution protocol on March 12th with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which consists of recovering unsold food in its chain stores very cheaply (wholesale and retail). , which are still in perfect condition for consumption; whose main objective is to redirect this food, avoiding waste, to needy communities in the country's provinces, whenever necessary.

At the time of signing, the non-executive administrator, Dr Samuel Candundo, represented the cart group and for the Adventist Church, Dr. Teixeira Mateus Vinte, president and representative of the Church, signed. Several entities representing Carrinho and also the Seventh-day Adventist Church were present in the room. It is worth remembering that this partnership is for an indefinite period.

Angola: Millions facing hunger, as thousands flee their homes as drought ravages the south of Angola

Millions of people in southern Angola are facing an existential threat as drought aggravated by climate change continues to ravage the region, Amnesty International said today. The organization highlighted how the creation of commercial cattle ranches on community land has driven  pastoralist communities from their land since the end of the civil war in 2002 – a shift which left huge sections of the population food insecure and paved the way for a humanitarian crisis as the acute drought persists for over three years. As food and water grow increasingly scarce, thousands have fled their homes and sought refuge in neighbouring Namibia.

“This drought – the worst in 40 years – has torn through traditional communities who had been struggling to survive since they were dispossessed of vast swathes of grazing land. The Angolan government must take responsibility for its own role in this dire situation, and ensure reparations to affected communities, and take immediate steps to address food insecurity in the rural areas of Cunene and Huíla provinces.”