Mozambique - Emergency Assistance for Humanitarian Relief related to the 2013 Floods Disaster in the Southern Province of Gaza

The present projet is a US$ 1 million grant from the SRF for Emergency Assistance to the Government of Mozambique to help restore the livelihoods of vulnerable populations that were severely affected by floods in the Province of Gaza and the District of Chokwe. In fact, the Government of Mozambique is facing severe challenges to relocate the flood victims away from the flood plains. The sheer magnitude of moving families away from places that they have called home, and which has served as a source of livelihood to them is gargantuan. This has prompted support to the Government by the International Cooperating Partners to provide relief to the affected community. The Bank’s Grant of USD 1 million will address an important component of the early recovery efforts, in this case the provision of alternative temporary shelters, to the most vulnerable segment of the affected population in more secure resettlement area of Chihaquelane in Chokwe District of Gaza Province, through the provision of family tents, a rescue boat, emergency kits and tarpaulins.