2025
Dear the whole family of Dear Dr. Gitta and Dr. Harry. I hope this letter comes well and finds you good health. My name is Alquino Joaquim Matanga Mandaraza, selected at the São José de Estaquinha Búzi Secondary School, a student benefited by DFM. Firstly, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the financial support that has been granted to me. Thanks to this help, I have the opportunity to continue my studies. I hope this love continues in your hearts always so that they can help those who need it. I write this letter to speak in little words what was my first year (prop) in college as well as in the city. After having spent some time it all started to get normal. I started to accustom me to most things despite not being able to beat the homesickness , but the good thing was that the holidays managed to close it. I also had to face some difficulties in health, the difficulty that marked a lot and almost left me headless and that negatively influenced my academic commitment that was “stomach” pain but with the help of others it was possible to move forward despite that the pain did not pass. I hope this year will be better than last year so that my effort, my dedication and focus results in good academic progress.
Sincerely, Alquino Joaquim Matangue Mandaraza
2024
My name is Alquino Joaquim Matangue Mandaraza. I was born on November 10, 2005, in the province of Sofala, district of Buzi, in the administrative post of Estaquinha, son of Joaquim Matangue Mandaraza and Elisa Joaquim. I attended 1st grade in 2012 at São José de Estaquinha Secondary School and completed 12th grade in the same school with the support of my parents. My father is a merchant, and my mother is a homemaker.
It was at the end of the 12th grade that the school’s pedagogical department presented us with an opportunity for a scholarship to all students with good grades from 10th to 12th grade. Thanks to God, I was one of the pre-selected ones and we had to go to the final phase of the selection in Nazaré. Consequently, I was one of the selected ones and today I belong to the DFM family.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the DFM Foundation for its generosity. I am deeply honored to be part of this family and I commit to making the most of this opportunity.