Cyclone #Dineo victims in Manica call for government support – Mozambique

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Cyclone #Dineo victims in Manica call for government support – Mozambique

1:15 CAT | 22 Feb 2017

DW / A view of the site where the displaced people are temporarily staying

Cyclone Dineo killed seven people in the central Mozambique province of Manica, destroyed at least 300 homes and left 1,500 people homeless.

In some of the districts most affected – Tambara, Machaze, Gondola, Sussundenga and Guro – the evacuees are housed in tents, and by Tuesday, sixty families had been resettled in safe areas in the district of Chimoio.

“I’m here because the rain demolished my whole house. I have no one to help me rebuild, to at least to have a place to sleep, so we’ve been put up here,” 37-year-old mother Sónia Paulino says.

Sónia and the other displaced are now calling on the Mozambican government to “allocate spaces in dignified places that do not flood,” as well as requesting food support.

“We are asking the government to allot us spaces where we can live in peace,” says Tito Ranguisse, 51, a father of eight.

Mosambik nach Zyklon Dineo — Bridge destroyed by the rain

Insufficient drinking water and sanitation

Isabel Jorge, 41, also saw her house collapse because of the rain, but the mother of four complains about conditions where she and her family were resettled.

“We have food here, but there is no drinking water and no latrines. For now, we are using only one bathroom,” he says.

A spokesman for the National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC), Cremildo Quembo, said that authorities would continue to listen to the needs of people who have lost everything.

“We have already taken immediate action, as in the city of Chimoio, where we managed to provide 11 tents, 880 kilos of rice and 124 kilos of butter beans. We have other food, construction materials and blankets for those in need too,” he said.

The weather also damaged 41 classrooms, leaving more than two thousand students studying under trees in Manica, and the main roads leading to Mossurize, Machaze and Tambara districts are still cut.

Source: Deutsche Welle