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Portugal is to support with €250,000 projects of non-governmental development organisations (NGDOs) in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, under the rapid response mechanism for emergencies, it was said on Friday.
“Given the worsening situation in Cabo Delgado it was decided to activate the Rapid Response Instrument (IRR) for Emergency Actions, coordinated by Camões – Institute for Cooperation and Language,” the organisation said in a statement.
“Through the IRR, €250,000 will be made available to fund NGDO projects in Cabo Delgado,” it added.
According to Camões, the activation of the IRR is in addition to other support that Portuguese cooperation is channelling to this Mozambican province, both bilaterally and multilaterally through several United Nations agencies.
Portugal is already supporting five projects financed by the Reconstruction Mechanism for Mozambique, set up by the Portuguese government following cyclone Idai, which hit central Mozambique two years ago.
The fund, set up as part of the Portugal-Mozambique summit in July 2019, was co-financed by Portugal’s State Budget and donations from public and private entities amounting to €1.9 million.
The projects were also selected through a tender and have been on the ground since February 2020 with an expected duration of two years.
The projects chosen are in the area of health, with interventions planned in response to basic needs, improving access to maternal and child health and recovery of medical structures, as well as recovery of agricultural production and promotion of community resilience to climate disasters.
The armed violence in Cabo Delgado began more than three years ago but escalated again more than a fortnight ago when armed groups first attacked the village of Palma, about six kilometres from the multi-million dollar natural gas projects.
The attacks caused dozens of deaths and forced thousands of Palma residents to flee, worsening a humanitarian crisis in which more than 2,500 people have died and 700,000 people have been displaced since the conflict began.
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