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Tzu Chi Foundation funds construction of 3,000 “resilient homes” in Sofala, Mozambique
1:45 CAT | 27 Jun 2019
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The Tzu Chi Foundation in Taiwan will finance the construction of 3,000 “resilient homes” for victims of Cyclone Idai in the Nhamatanda and Búzi districts of Mozambique’s Sofala province, it was announced yesterday.
“Our intention is for these to be resilient homes, resistant to [extreme] weather, including cyclones, and will have a water conservancy tank,” Tzu Chi executive director Dino Foi said during the presentation ceremony in Beira.
The start of construction does not yet have a scheduled date, the association having yet to hold “concertation meetings” with the Mozambican government.
“Above all, we want to build small cities in the districts and take people out of the tents, and we want the beneficiaries to have areas for farming to support them,” Foi said. “Everything is now dependent on the government.”
Nhamatanda and Búzi are among the districts in central Mozambique worst affected by Cyclone Idai, which struck in March, causing 604 deaths and affecting about 1.8 million people.
A month later, Mozambique was hit by Cyclone Kenneth, which struck the north of the country in April, killing 45 people and affecting a further 250,000.
Source: Lusa
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