Resilient homes being built in Mossuril, northern Mozambique, to rehouse cyclone victims

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Resilient homes being built in Mossuril, northern Mozambique, to rehouse cyclone victims

8:11 CAT | 13 Jun 2025

FILE - For illustration purposes only. Undated photograph of the Mossuril District Administration headquarters,. [File photo: Governo do Distrito de Mossuril/Facebook]

The authorities in Nampula this week began the construction of resilient homes to rehouse 69 families from Mossuril affected by Cyclone Jude, which hit the province and northern Mozambique generally in March, it was announced today.

“At the moment, around 16 houses are under construction. It is a gradual process that involves not only the craftsmen, but also the population itself, who are being trained in this construction process. But in total, 69 houses will be built,” said the administrator of the Mossuril district, Alfredo Maxlhaieie.

The situation at stake is that of 69 households resettled in the Moanona II neighbourhood, in Mossuril district, 174 km from the provincial capital, Nampula, who saw their homes, farmland and schools destroyed by the cyclone on March 10. They are currently receiving humanitarian assistance.

In view of the consequences of the successive cyclones that have affected northern Mozambique in recent years, the aim is to build cyclone-resilient houses, valued at around 120,000 meticais (€1,630) each.

Mozambique is considered one of the world geographies most severely affected by global climate change, experiencing cyclical floods and tropical cyclones during the rainy season, as well as prolonged periods of severe drought.

According to Maxlhaieie, Cyclone Jude affected more than 200,000 people in Mossuril, corresponding to 26,000 families who continue to receive assistance from various partners in their areas of residence, “both in terms of food supplies, agriculture and water supply”.

Cyclone Jude, the most recent to affect the country, made landfall in Mozambique via the district of Mossuril, causing at least 43 deaths, 41 of them in Nampula, but also affecting Tete, Manica and Zambézia in the centre of the country, and Niassa and Cabo Delgado in the north.

In the last rainy season, which runs from October to April, Mozambique was also hit by Cyclones Chido on 14 December and Dikeledi on 13 January, leaving a trail of deaths and destruction. During this period, at least 313 deaths were attributed to the cyclones, and 1.9 million people were otherwise affected by the storms.

Source: Lusa