Africa-Press – Mozambique. Mozambique’s relief agency, the National Disaster Management Institute (INGD), is currently assisting 200,000 people in a situation of food insecurity as a result of drought that has been plaguing various regions of the country.
According to INGD deputy chairman, Gabriel Monteiro, interviewed by AIM on the sidelines of a meeting on Community Engagement for Durable Solutions in Assistance to Displaced People in Mozambique, “At the moment, we can talk about 200,000 people who are food insecure. We are providing these people with everything they need. We hope that we don’t end up in a situation where the country has to cater for 3.3 million people. That’s why last month we met with partners to find solutions to mitigate the drought”.
He explained that the INGD, in addition to the drought, is assisting people displaced by islamist terrorism in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, at a time when official records point to around 1.4 million people in this condition, of whom around 70,000 need urgent intervention from the point of view of humanitarian assistance.
“We have drawn up a national contingency plan that is expected to cater for 2.9 million people, needing around 14 billion meticais”, said Monteiro. “We haven’t managed to get that amount; we have a deficit of 7.5 billion meticais. We’re mobilizing that amount and we believe that we’ll bring the deficit down”.
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