Africa-Press – Mozambique. The European Union (EU) on Monday handed over 90 houses to victims of Cyclone Idai in Dondo district, Sofala province, central Mozambique.
“Today, we are here to witness the delivery of 90 Type 1 houses, built on the basis of partner financing through the Recovery Mechanism for Mozambique,” Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources Osvaldo Machatine said at the handover ceremony at the Mutua resettlement centre in Dondo district.
The minister noted that the construction of the houses resulted from a financial contribution of €34.3 million from the EU to the recovery mechanism, in an initiative implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
Machatine pointed out that the houses have inbuilt resilience, taking into account the region’s propensity to natural disasters – mainly floods and cyclones.
Also in the context of rebuilding infrastructure destroyed by Cyclone Idai, the community of Mutua received new facilities for its primary school, while in Beira, the rehabilitated Samora Moisés Machel Secondary School, which had been destroyed by Idai, was handed over.
The damage to the secondary school affected more than 5,900 students, prompting Minister Machatine to declare: “The result of this intervention is quite significant for the educational development for students and other users.”
Entregue hoje, na Beira, a Escola Sec.Samora Machel, em benefício de milhares de alunos e comunidades locais. A reconstrução resiliente vai assegurar protecção da infraestrutura contra desatres naturais e as condições para um ensino e aprendizagem condignos.#BuildBackBetter pic.twitter.com/TLWoRGNaUX
— Antonio Sánchez-Benedito Gaspar (@SBeneditoEU) November 15, 2021
The EU ambassador to Mozambique, António Gaspar, said that huge challenges in terms of infrastructure destroyed by Cyclone Idai still remain.
“The European Union expresses its total availability to support Mozambique in several other areas of urgent intervention, with a view to economic recovery and the encouragement of development,” Gaspar promised.
Cyclone Idai and the ensuing floods in March, 2019, put an estimated 1.85 million people in Sofala, Manica, Zambézia and Inhambane provinces in need of humanitarian aid and protection.
Nosso foco contínuo na reconstrução resiliente e recuperação:
– 90 casas entreguess em Savane e Mutua com respectivos DUATs;
– Escola primária reabilitada em Mutua;
– Mercado comunitário para ajudar na geração de renda e subsistência das famílias. 🇪🇺🇺🇳🇨🇦🇫🇮🇳🇱🇮🇳🇳🇴🇨🇳🤝🇲🇿 pic.twitter.com/g0cmD3ooBp
— Antonio Sánchez-Benedito Gaspar (@SBeneditoEU) November 15, 2021
After the damage caused by cyclone #Idai, the population of #Mutua, in #Sofala, received, today, 15 Nov, 90 new #resilient houses, a market, a primary school #equipped with rainwater harvesting system, solar panels, built with the support of the 🇪🇺🇨🇦🇨🇳🇫🇮🇮🇪🇳🇱🇳🇴. #Buidforwardbetter pic.twitter.com/pcBpKOqI2L
— UNDP in Mozambique (@UNDPMozambique) November 15, 2021
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