Mozambique: USAID to provide €5.5M for projects to benefit 200,000 affected by cyclone Idai

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Mozambique: USAID to provide €5.5M for projects to benefit 200,000 affected by cyclone Idai

8:21 CAT | 27 Aug 2020

File photo: Lusa

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and partners will provide $6.6 million (€5.5 million) for projects that could benefit 200,000 people affected by cyclone Idai in central Mozambique.

The projects are linked to agriculture, food security, economic recovery, sanitation and child protection and will be implemented in the provinces of Sofala and Manica, according to a joint statement of partners cited on Wednesday by the Mozambique Information Agency (AIM).

“Children and women are the most affected and need special care and attention, they are most vulnerable to trauma, violence and abuse. Therefore, child protection activities and psychosocial support services are essential,” said Brighton Mapiye, one of the initiative’s managers, quoted in the communiqué.

For agriculture and food security, there will be technical support to ensure increased access to food through production for some 198,000 vulnerable people.

The project also foresees the opening of 70 water sources, construction of three water systems and rehabilitation of 50 boreholes, which could benefit several families.

Communities will receive material support for latrine construction and training on good hygiene practices and infrastructure management, at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic is another challenge for populations affected by Idai last year.

The projects are funded by the United States Agency for International Development’s Office of Humanitarian Assistance (USAID BHA), a new division that merges the former Offices of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and Food for Peace (FFP).

The implementation is in charge of the Mozambique Humanitarian Consortium (Chemo), of which the organizations World Vision, Food for the Hungry and Humanity & Inclusion are members, in partnership with the Village Enterprise.

Cyclone Idai hit central Mozambique in March 2019, causing 604 deaths and 1.8 million people affected.

Shortly after, in April, the north was affected by Cyclone Kenneth, which killed 45 people and affected another 250,000.

Source: Lusa