Africa-Press – Mozambique. Two hundred and thirty-seven people are set to benefit from 48 houses with two bedrooms and a living room being built by non-governmental organizations United Purpose and Farma Mundi in Niassa. Food and hygiene products are also being distributed.
According to United Purpose representative Agostinho Cigarro, construction of six of the homes planned in the Malica IDP (internally displaced persons) centre in Cabo Delgado is progressing well.
Construction material such as zinc sheets, bars, and nails has already been purchased, says Cigarro, adding: “We have already started to distribute the first part of the food products. On Saturday or Sunday, we will come to distribute hygiene products.”
IDPs don’t want to depend on help
The IDPs are grateful for the assistance and praise “the goodwill that still exists” among people in the region. Martins Nkamate, one of those displaced from Cabo Delgado, says that both food products and houses under construction are needed.
“We weren’t expecting this help. But it’s great that we’re getting this food. It’s food that will last us into the next month or more.”
Another IDP, Pio Daniel, also has only words of gratitude, saying: “I’m very grateful that they are building houses for us to live in. We’ll be very thankful for them finishing our houses, so that we have a place to sleep.”
Now, those displaced by the war are asking for land to farm, so that they can produce their own food and stop being dependent on support.
