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Mozambique: 2019 cyclone Idai victims to receive second tranche of aid subsidy
7:12 CAT | 16 Jun 2021
File photo: Folha de Maputo
The Mozambican Institute of Social Action (INAS) will start paying the second tranche of the special subsidy for 32,000 vulnerable families who were victims of cyclone Idai in 2019, the agency announced on Tuesday.
The subsidy worth 15,000 meticais (198 euros) has been divided into two parts, one delivered to beneficiaries in 2020 and another to be delivered in the coming days, said Abdul Razak, INAS delegate in the city of Beira, central Mozambique, quoted today by daily newspaper Notícias.
According to Razak, there are lists posted in the neighbourhoods with the names and procedures for delivery in order to avoid crowds and thus prevent the spread of Covid-19.
Families that did not withdraw the first instalment of the subsidy can now withdraw it in full, he added.
In August 2020, the payment was suspended for a week due to large crowds at delivery sites, raising the risk of spreading Covid-19 and ineligible people taking advantage of the confusion to receive the aid unduly.
But the suspension of the subsidy payment angered hundreds of beneficiaries, who rioted in front of the Sofala provincial governor’s office until delivery resumed.
Cyclone Idai hit central Mozambique in March 2019, caused 604 deaths and 1.8 million people were affected.
It was one of the deadliest cyclones on record in the southern hemisphere, with high winds and flooding whose social and economic damage is still being felt today.
Source: Lusa
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