More than 45,000 people, including 23,000 women and children, need humanitarian aid in Mozambique following Tropical Storm Ana. That’s accouding to UN children’s agency, UNICEF. Mozambique authorities report 12 health facilities and 137 schools have been damaged or destroyed. UNICEF said more than 27,300 students have been left without a place to learn just as a new school year begin.
UNICEF is deploying staff and preparing medical and nutrition supplies, water, sanitation and hygiene kits, as well as setting up temporary learning spaces to support children and their families. UNICEF estimates it will need $3.5 million to respond to the immediate needs. Tropical Storm Ana has passed over several countries in eastern and southern Africa, affecting Mozambique but also Madagascar, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Strong winds and heavy rains have caused floods, widespread destruction and fatalities.
UNICEF emergency teams will soon set up temporary learning spaces for children whose schools were damaged or destroyed.
For more on this we are now joined via Zoom by Tomoko Shibuya, UNICEF CHIEF OF EDUCATION, UNICEF MOZAMBIQUE.
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