Freddy: UK donates £700,000 worth of material

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Freddy: UK donates £700,000 worth of material

4:35 CAT | 17 Mar 2023

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The United Kingdom (UK) has donated £700,000 worth of material to support people affected by Tropical Cyclone Freddy in southern, central, and northern Mozambique.

The donation consists of 4,120 tarpaulins and their assembly kits, 2,520 dignity kits, and 5,040 solar lamps.

The air shipment was received in Maputo city by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) this morning.

This is the second shipment received from UK in response to the damage caused by ‘Freddy’.

The material will be shared with the National Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (INGD) for further distribution, according to the needs of each region.

The British High Commissioner in Maputo, Helen Lewis, said that, for now, the concern was to help vulnerable people.

“Right now, the most important thing is to help the most vulnerable people, and it is also a time to assess the needs in terms of destroyed streets and infrastructure. We will continue to talk to the government about these needs,” the diplomat assured reporters.

For her part, the head of mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Laura Tommy Bonde, said that United Nations teams were already on the ground working with the government and responding to needs.

“The IOM is on the ground providing support and responding to people’s needs. We are working with the government and partners to provide support,” he said.

Programmes for the resettlement of people affected by natural disasters, equipment coordination and psychosocial support provided by IOM throughout Mozambique now amount to approximately US$2.5 million.

The number of people in Mozambique affected by the cyclone, which struck the country twice in the last two weeks, is approaching 260,000.

Source: AIM