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Mozambique: UN donates fish farming equipment to Cabo Delgado displaced – Photos
11:57 CAT | 18 Jul 2023
Photos: Conselho Executivo de Cabo Delgado
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) handed over fish farming supplies to authorities in Cabo Delgado province, northern Mozambique on Monday for families affected by the war.
“We are here to support the entire fisheries production chain, from boat building, processing to the final production chain, in the province,” said Yassine Ayob, head of the UNOPS office in the city of Pemba, capital of Cabo Delgado.
The gesture consisted of the donation of 12 wheelbarrows, 15 long-handled hoes, 20 shovels, three ropes of 100 metres each, 46 pipes, six elbows and six knives.
They also delivered 12 picks, 12 weeding machines, three hammers, six machetes, three saws, and 30 saw blades.
The material will benefit families hosted in the districts of Montepuez, Namuno and Chiúre, after being forced to flee armed attacks in Cabo Delgado.
The governor of Cabo Delgado province, Valige Tauabo, said after receiving the material that it would help reduce malnutrition and hunger among displaced and host families.
“With these materials, we hope to revitalise fish farming activity to increase the production and productivity of captive fish, to increase the diversification of the diet and contribute to the elimination of hunger and malnutrition,” said Tauabo.
The ceremony was preceded by the delivery of a minibus to the Provincial Directorate of Transport and Communications. The vehicle will facilitate the movement of workers of the institutions of the Provincial Executive Council located in downtown Pemba.
Cabo Delgado province has been facing an armed insurgency for five years with some attacks claimed by the extremist group Islamic State.
The insurgency has led to a military response since July 2021 with support from Rwanda and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), liberating districts near gas projects, but new waves of attacks have emerged south of the region and in neighbouring Nampula province.
The conflict has displaced one million people, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and claimed some 4,000 lives, according to the ACLED conflict registration project.
Source: Lusa / Conselho Executivo de Cabo Delgado
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