Inxusa laseMelika ku Mozambique, Peter H. Vrooman, muva nje uvakashele e-Ilha de Moçambique ukuyovula umbukiso we-“Sea Sound” onesihloko esithi “Nakhodha and the Mermaid.” Le phrojekthi, exhaswe i-US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation, ingumzamo wokusebenzisana no-Fundação Fernando Leite Couto kanye ne-YC Creative Platform, eholwa umdidiyeli wefilimu u-Yara Costa Pereira. Inhloso eyinhloko yalo mbukiso ukuvikela kanye nokukhuthaza amagugu acebile amasiko, ngomlomo, kanye nobuciko bemiphakathi edobayo yakulesi siqhingi, ikakhulukazi e-Cabaceira Pequena nase-Ilha de Moçambique, iNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba ye-UNESCO esengozini yokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nobudlova obunobudlova. UHulumeni wase-US ubeke imali engu-$161,280 kulo msebenzi, egcizelela amandla awo njengethuluzi lezokuvakasha ezisekelwe emphakathini kanye nokubhekana nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu, lokho, ngokusho kweNxusa u-Vrooman, okuzofaka isandla ekudaleni amathuba emisebenzi kanye nezokuvakasha kulesi siqhingi esihle. U-Ilha de Moçambique useke wathola ukwesekwa kwi-Ambassador's Cultural Preservation Funds, okuhlanganisa nokutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu ku-Slave Wrecks Project, okubonisa ukuzibophezela kwe-United States ekulondolozeni nasekukhuthazeni amagugu amasiko esifundeni, ikakhulukazi lapho kubhekene nezinselele ezinzima.
