Africa-Press – Mozambique. The European Union today announced €41 million in humanitarian aid for the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region in 2025, including €17 million for Mozambique and one million for Angola.
Te Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) indicates in a statement that “the European Commission will provide an initial humanitarian aid allocation of €41 million for the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean in 2025 – an area simultaneously facing natural hazards and conflict”.
The bulk of this funding from the European Union (EU) will go to Mozambique, which will receive €17 million to support the country’s efforts to respond to the consequences of tropical cyclones Chido, Dikeledi and Jude, which hit the country in December 2024 and January and March 2025 respectively, causing destruction, flooding and leaving families homeless.
In addition to this emergency funding, the EU has also despatched, in response to Tropical Cyclone Chido, 60 tonnes of assistance (shelter, household items, water and sanitation supplies) from the EU’s warehouse in Nairobi.
In its press release, the institution said that the EU will also provide €1 million to support the response to the current cholera outbreak in Angola, which has killed more than 400 people since January.
Other funds include €7 million for Madagascar to facilitate access to food, emergency education and nutrition services, among others, as well as €16 million for regional and multi-country programmes to help children stay in school, strengthen protection against gender-based violence and increase response to epidemics.
The Southern Africa and Indian Ocean region, made up of 14 countries with varying levels of national capacities, is prone to natural hazards, disease outbreaks and man-made disasters caused by armed conflict and violence.
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