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 FOMICRES’s Founder Although the creation of FIC (community Intelligence Force) counted with presence of about 14 young men and women some of which former child soldiers and regular participants in the army, the General Assembly’s session of 25 May, 2007 recognized Albino Forquilha as the conceiver and founder of FOMICRES. Who is Albino Forquilha
Albino Forquilha was a child soldier and after that a soldier in the regular army of Mozambique. He was the national coordinator of child soldier program of Mozambique at Rebuild Hope Association, whose fundamental objectives, among others, were to advocate for communities and African governments to ban the inclusion of children in armed conflicts. This culminated with the Declaration of Maputo on this matter, held 27-29 August 1999, where all African Countries participated, including UN representatives. Forquilha was the national coordinator of the Civil Society Disarmament Program at Community Intelligence Force (FIC) and later on at the Transforming Arms into Ploughshare Program in partnership with the Christian Council of Mozambique, period that more than 860.000 war artifacts were collected and destroyed in partnership with Rachel Operation (Joint operation force between Mozambique and the Government of South Africa). Forquilha promoted during these periods three fundamental aspects, namely Reconciliation, Peace and Security. He encouraged many artists to transform fragmented weapons into useful sculptures (chairs, tables, peace birds, three of lives, among other) that FOMICRES used to promote peace at locally and internationally. In this context numerous exhibition was made in countries of the four continents of the world. He is one of the first civil society members to hold a speech at UN general assembly on the importance of civil society participation in DDR programs during the Prepcom session (February 2001) especially in post conflict countries. Since 2008, Albino Forquilha has been working hardly within the FOMICRES and in deep collaboration and coordination with affected communities in order to discover appropriate Community Safety and crime Prevention strategy considering increasing community insecurity in Mozambique in order to incentive community participation, which first draft (Triangle Model) are in discussion since last year and will be experienced in some communities. Currently, Albino Forquilha is the Executive Director of FOMICRES and the first elected Coordinator of the Southern Africa NGO Network on Human Security (HumaNet) for which he is one of main regional promoter for its foundation. Mr. Forquilha was trained in conflict mediation, transformation and resolution by Inwent (Germany) and he is recognized international peace builder. |
Born at Amatongas administrative post, Gondola District of Manica Province, on the 12th December 1968, where he did first formal education and latter on (1980) at Jecua Secondary school located at the boarder Mozambique-Zimbabwe. After being a child soldier, Forquilha, whose father died in July of 1970, was sent to study in the former Democratic Republic of Germany by the government, soon after the independence where remained from 1982-1988 doing machine engineer. His grandfather was a traditional leader, called Mambo who led a huge administrative area, originally called the Chimoio tribe- meaning people who do not eat the hearts of any animal- which is today’s Manica Province Capital city name, returned after independence.