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.