Mozambique: UN needs almost €8M for cyclone victims

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Mozambique: UN needs almost €8M for cyclone victims

12:41 CAT | 07 Feb 2025

FILE - For illustration purposes only. [File photo: UNHCR Mozambique/X]

The UNHCR needs $7.9 million (€7.7 million) in “additional support” to continue supporting more than 362,000 people affected by cyclones Chido and Dikeledi in northern Mozambique.

The cyclones hit the northern region of Mozambique between December last year and January, with the greatest impact on the provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula, affecting around 736,000 people and causing the destruction of public and private infrastructure, according to a report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Lusa. saw on Thursday “Many of these districts also host large numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have already been uprooted by conflict [in Cabo Delgado],” it said.

The agency also explained that this “compounded crisis” emphasises the “extreme challenges IDPs face as they struggle to recover from both conflict and climate shocks” in the country.

” The threat of additional cyclones this season remains, underscoring the importance of continued preparedness efforts,” it adds.

The UN refugee agency also said that it has already assisted around 30,000 people and that the additional support will serve to continue providing “crucial assistance” to those affected by the cyclones in the country.

On Wednesday, Mozambique’s government announced the allocation of €120 million to assist in rehabilitating public infrastructure destroyed by cyclones Chido and Dikeledi in the north of the country.

“The government has funding mechanisms available to deal with the damage caused, having analysed and approved at this session the response plan that amounts to eight billion meticais (around €120 million), which will form the basis for assistance interventions and the rehabilitation of destroyed public infrastructure,” said the cabinet spokesman, Inocêncio Impissa, after a meeting of the government in Maputo.

Inocêncio Impissa also said that in the first phase, the government would prioritise “immediate responses” to the needs in the affected provinces and promise to mobilise resources for “medium and long-term interventions”.

On 13 January, the severe tropical cyclone Dikeledi hit Mozambique, causing at least 11 deaths and affecting another 250,000 people, including the destruction of almost 20,000 homes, according to the latest official figures from the Mozambican authorities.

Cyclone Chido, which hit Mozambique on 14 December, killed at least 120 people and affected 450,000 others.

Mozambique is considered one of the countries most severely affected by climate change in the world, facing cyclical floods and tropical cyclones during the rainy season, which runs from October to April.

UNHCR needs additional support to provide relief support to an additional 362,000 individuals affected by of Cyclone #Chido and Cyclone #Dikeledi.

Find out more here:https://t.co/7VhKRjMfBL https://t.co/zD2WdZbZQ3 pic.twitter.com/jkDp8Ym11m

— UNHCR Mozambique (@UNHCRMozambique) February 5, 2025

UNHCR distributed 500 essential items in Metuge and Chiúre while simultaneously conducting protection assessments in Mecufi, Metuge, and Chiúre, Cabo Delgado, to ensure no one is left behind on Cyclone #Chido emergency response.
🌍💪 #ForcedToFlee #CycloneChido #UNHCRMozambique. pic.twitter.com/8rfpvThMGj

— UNHCR Mozambique (@UNHCRMozambique) December 26, 2024