Mozambican civic movement collects donations for IDPs in Cabo Delgado

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Mozambican civic movement collects donations for IDPs in Cabo Delgado

3:43 CAT | 08 Feb 2019

Photo: Twiter / @Cidiachissungo

A civic movement entitled Activist Mozambique is organising a national solidarity campaign for internally displaced people fleeing villages attacked by armed groups in the north of the country, an organisation source told Lusa.

“We will have collection points for donations, including clothing and non-perishable products, which will be channelled to Pemba and then to Ilha do Ibo [in Cabo Delgado],” coordinator Cídia Chissungo said.

Humanitarian organisations estimate that the number of displaced from one village to another or to the district capitals since the armed attacks began a year ago is already more than 2,000, but there are no precise figures.

The campaign arises from the need to “do something and draw attention” to the events in Cabo Delgado, Chissungo says. All provinces of Mozambique, with the exception of Inhambane, will have a collection point.

“We are living our lives as if everything is normal, as if there were no people dying or lacking basic necessities,” she said, referring to the violence in Cabo Delgado.

#CaboDelgado também é #MOÇAMBIQUE junta-te a campanha. Todas províncias estarão em solidariedade no dia 09 de Fevereiro. Prepare seus donativos pic.twitter.com/Pg1yQRO1i6

— Cídia Chissungo (@Cidiachissungo) February 7, 2019

Young people in #Mozambique
Preparing the NATIONAL SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN
Join us. #CaboDelgado needs you NOW❗
“CABO DELGADO IS ALSO MOZAMBIQUE” pic.twitter.com/3ssobX9dNH

— Cídia Chissungo (@Cidiachissungo) February 8, 2019

On the other hand, the campaign aims to “depoliticise” the issue, Chissungo hoping it will sensitise other regional and Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries to the situation of citizens in neighbouring countries – both the displaced and the alleged attackers.

“We need the SADC to do something,” she said.

Since October 2017, about 150 people have died in the series of Cabo Delgado attacks, including residents, alleged assailants and members of the security forces.

The wave of violence in Cabo Delgado erupted after an armed attack on police stations in the village of Mocímboa da Praia by a group from a local mosque that preached insurgency against the state and whose conduct had been a source of friction with residents for at least two years.

Since then, numerous attacks have been reported, all suspected to have been carried out by the same type of group, but always in remote areas and away from the areas where oil companies are going to exploit natural gas.

However, the proximity of the latest attacks has caused the works underway to be carried out with “enhanced security,” Anadarko, who coordinates work on the peninsula of Afungi, Palma district, Cabo Delgado, told Lusa.

“CABO DELGADO TAMBÉM É MOÇAMBIQUE”
Junta-te a acção solidária. Dia 09 de Fevereiro, traga o seu donativo para apoiar mais de 1000 deslocados que se encontram na Ilha do Ibo a precisar do nosso suporte urgente. #CaboDelgado precisa de nós. Todas províncias terão postos de recolha. pic.twitter.com/B3C9bv48jB

— Cídia Chissungo (@Cidiachissungo) February 6, 2019

Do you know someone from #CaboDelgado? Share this vídeo
Conhece alguém de #CaboDelgado?
Partilhe este vídeo.
Join the campaign #CaboDelgado is also #Mozambique pic.twitter.com/pByyag6KTb

— Cídia Chissungo (@Cidiachissungo) February 8, 2019

Source: Lusa