Mozambique: First lady donates 50 tons aid for displaced people in Cabo Delgado

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Mozambique: First lady donates 50 tons aid for displaced people in Cabo Delgado

8:46 CAT | 25 Aug 2020

First Lady Isaura Nyusi visiting the 3 de Fevereiro IDPs camp, in Metuge. [Photo: First Lady Dr. Isaura Nyusi - Primeira-Dama Dra. Isaura Nyusi / Facebook page]

The first lady of Mozambique, Isaura Nyusi, on Monday donated 50 tons of various products to a reception center for displaced persons due to armed violence in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique.

Given the situation of the displaced, “support is insufficient,” but it is expected to help “minimize the suffering” of those people, said Isaura Nyusi, as part of her visit to northern Mozambique.

The support, in food and hygiene products, was delivered to the 3 February reception centre in the Metuge district of Cabo Delgado, which is home to about three thousand displaced people, mostly women and children.

During the visit to the centre, the first lady asked the families to keep hope, because “despite the suffering, better days will come”.

“The government is working to restore security and ensure the return to your homes and normalization of your lives, so we ask you to have hope, this problem will one day pass,” she said.

The provincial capital, Pemba, has been the main refuge for people seeking shelter and security in Cabo Delgado, but some prefer to flee to other districts and provinces in the region, especially Nampula.

The armed violence in Cabo Delgado, the province where the largest private investment for natural gas exploration in Africa (led by Total) is advancing, has already caused the death of at least 1,059 people in almost three years, in addition to the destruction of various infrastructures.

According to the United Nations, armed violence has led to the flight of 250,000 people from insecure districts further north in the province.

Source: Lusa