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Emergency Response Cabo Delgado

Emergency Aid for Displaced People in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique

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The consortium members met in Cabo Delgado to mark the start of the project.

Together with its consortium partners, Ayuda en Acción, ACTED and ADPP Mozambique, Johanniter is providing humanitarian aid to displaced people in the province of Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique. The project is co-funded by the European Union's humanitarian aid programme and is being implemented in the districts of Mocímboa da Praia and Mecúfi.

Help is Urgently Needed

Facts and Figures

Almost nine years after the outbreak of the conflict in Cabo Delgado, the humanitarian situation remains dire:

  • Around 1.1 million people in northern Mozambique are dependent on humanitarian aid, 919,000 of whom are in the worst-affected districts of Cabo Delgado
  • Over 610,000 people remain displaced or have returned to areas where access to supplies is severely restricted
  • Around 114,000 children under the age of five across the province are at risk of acute malnutrition
  • In Mocímboa da Praia, less than 60 per cent of health facilities are fully operational
  • Access to healthcare, food, education and protection services is particularly limited
‘Our consortium is committed to restoring life-saving assistance in the areas of health, nutrition, protection, education and cash assistance for the most vulnerable people.’
Morris Kolubah, Country Director of Johanniter in Mozambique

This is How We Support the People of Cabo Delgado

Our Project on Site

Our consortium is implementing measures in five areas:

Health

  • Primary healthcare in six healthcare facilities through additional specialist staff (doctors, midwives, nurses)
  • Care for pregnant women and mothers, as well as support for survivors of sexual violence
  • Individual and group mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services
  • Improving hygiene and infection control in healthcare facilities

 

Nutrition

  • Screening for malnutrition in children and treatment of acute cases
  • Nutritional advice for families with young children

 

Protection

  • Case management for particularly vulnerable people, including those affected by gender-based violence
  • Support in accessing civil documentation (e.g. identity documents)
  • Establishment of local protection structures within communities

 

Education

  • Alternative learning programmes for children who do not have access to mainstream schooling
  • Establishment and refurbishment of safe learning spaces
  • Training for teachers on child-friendly, protective teaching methods

 

Cash Assistance

  • Financial support for particularly vulnerable households
Johanniter is implementing the project in collaboration with three consortium partners. It is co-funded by the European Union.