Kazembe wa US ku Mozambique, Peter H. Vrooman, posachedwapa adapita ku Ilha de Moçambique kuti akatsegule chionetsero chozama cha "Sea Sound" chotchedwa "Nakhodha and the Mermaid." Ntchitoyi, yothandizidwa ndi a US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation, ndi ntchito yothandizana ndi Fundação Fernando Leite Couto ndi YC Creative Platform, motsogozedwa ndi wopanga mafilimu Yara Costa Pereira. Cholinga chachikulu cha chionetserochi ndi kuteteza ndi kulimbikitsa chikhalidwe cholemera, pakamwa, ndi luso la anthu asodzi pachilumbachi, makamaka ku Cabaceira Pequena ndi Ilha de Moçambique, malo a UNESCO World Heritage Site omwe ali pachiopsezo cha kusintha kwa nyengo ndi chiwawa chachiwawa. Boma la US linapereka ndalama zokwana madola 161,280 pa ntchitoyi, ndikugogomezera zomwe zingatheke ngati chida chothandizira ntchito zokopa alendo komanso kupirira kumadera akumidzi ku kusintha kwa nyengo, zomwe, malinga ndi Ambassador Vrooman, zidzathandizira kulenga ntchito ndi zokopa alendo pachilumba chokongola ichi. Ilha de Moçambique adalandirapo kale thandizo kuchokera kwa Ambassador's Cultural Preservation Funds, kuphatikizapo ndalama zambiri mu Project Slave Wrecks Project, kusonyeza kudzipereka kwa United States kusunga ndi kulimbikitsa chikhalidwe cha chikhalidwe m'deralo, makamaka pamene akukumana ndi zovuta.
