Over 40 million USD available for the reconstruction of 6,672 houses in Beira – AIM

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Over 40 million USD available for the reconstruction of 6,672 houses in Beira – AIM

2:22 CAT | 20 Sep 2022

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The executive director of the Post-Cyclone Reconstruction Office (GREPOC) Luís Mandlate recently revealed that the government has available 42 million dollars for the reconstruction of 6,672 houses in the city of Beira, capital of the central province of Sofala.

Mandlate, quoted in the Monday issue of the dally Notícias, said “we have available 42 million US dollars, made up of contributions from international partners and agencies, especially the World Bank, for the reconstruction of 6,672 houses divided into two lots of 3,432 houses dwellings, starting in November.”

Mandlate also said that (GREPOC expects to sign 30 contracts with Non-Government Organizations (NGO) by September with technical assistance of the United Nations Agency, UN- Habitat.

“In this reconstruction process, the principle of transferring technology to local communities must be scrupulously obeyed”, he said, adding that “in general, the process covers 15 thousand houses until September 2024, from a total of 190 thousand families, mostly in the town of Beira.”

Mandlate added that houses should be built and repaired using resilient materials and structures. The project also includes 3,516 families in the district of Buzi and 1,093 in the district of Dondo, both in Sofala.

The selection of beneficiaries, according to Mandlate, obeyed the criteria of location, with priority given to high-risk areas for flooding and vulnerability to airports, high-voltage power lines, railway lines and main roads.

“The magnitude of the partial or total destruction of a particular residential area and the socio-economic vulnerability conditions of a given household are part of the criteria for electing the target group. This includes the neediest households such as widows, orphaned children and heads of households, helpless elderly, chronically ill, among other social groups”, he said.

“The submission of funding proposals is open for negotiation with Non-Governmental Organizations in the context of post- Cyclone Idai reconstruction of the town of Beira”, he added.

According to Mandlate, the needs are still mounting “and the government is still mobilizing additional funds from both its traditional domestic and foreign partners.”

In 2019, Mozambique was severely hit by tropical cyclone Idai. The storm destroyed several infrastructures in the town of Beira.

Few weeks later, Beira was hit again by another cyclone, “Guambe”.

The two cyclones left over 700 people killed and displaced 420,000 others, as well as destroyed both public and private property.

UN World Meteorological Organization called it possibly the worst weather-related disaster to hit the southern hemisphere.

Source: AIM