Iwu maka Mmepe

Leigos para o Desenvolvimento ( Lay Association for Development ) bụ ọgbakọ na-abụghị nke gọọmentị (NGO) na-enyere ndị mmadụ aka na mmepe ha. E hiwere ya na 1986 n'okpuru nkwado nke ndị Jesuit na Lisbon, Portugal, wee tolite site n'inyere ndị mmadụ aka n'ebe ndị Portuguese na-achịbu gaa na ozi sara mbara na mba ofesi na Portugal. 

 Akụkọ ihe mere eme 
Na 1984, António Vaz Pinto nke Society of Jesus weere ahụmahụ ya na Jesuit University Center Manuel da Nóbrega (CUMN) na Mahadum Coimbra na Lisbon wee hiwe Padre António Vieira University Center (CUPAV). Ya na ụmụ akwụkwọ si CUMN, o hiwere Leigos para o Desenvolvimento (LD) na 1986. 

N'ime afọ iri atọ na otu ya, LD nwere ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo 14 na Africa,  na-arụ ọrụ na agụmakwụkwọ, ọzụzụ na ọrụ, na mmepe obodo.  Ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo ya nọ na Angola, Mozambique, Sao Tome, Principe, na Portugal. 

 Edensibia 
Coimbra na Lisbon wee hiwe Padre António Vieira University Center (CUPAV). Ya na ụmụ