A year on, ADIN says it has built 800 homes for the displaced in Cabo Delgado – O País

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A year on, ADIN says it has built 800 homes for the displaced in Cabo Delgado – O País

2:16 CAT | 13 Sep 2021

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The Agency for the Integrated Development of the North (ADIN) announced in Maputo on Friday (September 10) that it had built 800 houses, opened access routes and lent assistance to victims of terrorism in Cabo Delgado, as part of its efforts to promote the northern part of the country.

Meeting for the first time since its inception in March 2020 – it was officially launched on 31 August of the same year – the ADIN oversight committee said that the agency had faced difficulties starting its interventions because of organizational processes.

President of the Executive Council Armindo Ngunga told the press that, since its creation, the organisation had focused its efforts on finding solutions to the humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado.

“The agency has been working on the issue of displaced people, having managed to help build houses for displaced people – around 800 – in a village in Ancuabe, and also opening access roads that were blocked by terrorists, rebuilding infrastructure in Macomia and, at the moment, working a lot in welcoming returnees, as with the recovery of some areas, people are already returning to their places of origin,” Ngunga reported.

Created with the aim of boosting the social and economic development of the northern provinces, ADIN works with both economic and strategic partners, and its managers say that the partnerships signed have already shown positive results.

“For Macomia and Quissanga, we have been working with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), which keeps the promise of relocating the bridge over the Montepuez River connecting Metuge and Quissanga,” Ngunga said.

Ngunga also mentioned that a partnership will presently be signed with the World Bank for the reconstruction of some schools and classrooms, the opening of access roads and the recovery of identification cards and other personal documents.

“We will continue to work on mobilising resources for support, whether food, clothing or housing, among others,” Ngunga stressed

Despite what has already been achieved, Ngunga recognises that more needs to be done, and, despite still needing some adjustments, there is already an intervention plan for 2022.

“We foresee an investment in the order of 3.7 billion meticais, of which 12 percent will come from the state budget and the rest will be negotiated to find partners who can support [the investment],” he detailed.

The Agency for the Integrated Development of the North (ADIN) was created by the government a little over a year ago with the aim of reducing regional asymmetries by promoting the development of Niassa, Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces.

By Inalcide Uamusse

Source: O País