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Storm Ana: Around 3,600 people urgently need humanitarian assistance in Manica province | Mozambique
12:33 CAT | 21 Feb 2022
Representational photograph: Photo: UnICEF Mozambique 2022 /Bruno Pedro]
Over 3,600 people need urgent humanitarian assistance in the central Mozambican province of Manica, after losing their houses, crops and other means of livelihood, as a result of the recent tropical cyclone Ana.
The head of the technical department of the government’s relief agency, the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management (INGD), Vernito Gonga, said that out of this number only 648 households are receiving food aid from the government and its partners. But efforts are underway to ensure more assistance to those without food.
“There are 648 households receiving food aid, amounting to 19 per cent of those in need. The others have no support and as a government we are working in coordination with our partners to ensure that all the victims benefit from assistance,” Gonga said.
The World Food Programme (WFP), he added, is the partner which has promptly responded to the government’s requests for support. The UN Agency is delivering timely and direct food aid to the victims.
“We hope that other partners join the cause and help to support the households who are now homeless and without food,” Gonga declared.
Districts such as Barue, Gondola, Mossurize and the provincial capital, Chimoio, are among the regions most affected by Ana, which caused four deaths and destroyed infrastructures such as schools, and health centres.
Because of the storm, Chimoio and Gondola went for weeks without power, as electricity transmission pylons were blown down.
Source: AIM
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