Emergency Food Assistance to Populations Affected By Drought

The present intervention is relative to the Emergency Food Assistance to Populations Affected By Drought. It's designed because the Mozambique was affected by natural disasters in both 2007 and 2008. While still recovering from the devastating floods of 2007, Mozambique once again experienced major flooding in four central provinces along the Zambezi River basin in early 2008. The 2008 floods are the consequence of high levels of rainfall in Mozambique during late December 2007 and January 2008, compounded by persistent heavy rains in neighboring countries (Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi). The African Development Bank’s emergency humanitarian relief assistance is to assist and supplement the Government’s efforts to alleviate the suffering of the flood and drought affected populations mainly in Zambezia, Tete, Maputo and Inhambane. The relief food assistance targets vulnerable households who do not have access to food as a result of the floods and drought, with the primary objective of saving lives, and preserving livelihoods.