CHF 187,000 was initially allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the national society in responding by delivering assistance to flood-affected families.

A Preliminary Emergency Appeal was launched on 16 February 2007 for CHF 7,464,923 (USD 5,971,938 or EUR 4,524,196) for 6 months to assist 100,000 beneficiaries (20,000 families).

A Revised Emergency Appeal was launched on 14 March 2007 for CHF 20.6 m (USD 16.9m or EUR 12.8 m) for 6 months to assist 117,235 beneficiaries (23,447 families) affected by both the floods and the cyclone.

MAPUTO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Around 350,000 people in Mozambique need food aid because of poor harvests, but the U.N. World Food Programme is running short of funds, a WFP official said on Tuesday.

Central and southern regions have had less than half their normal rainfall since October and the southern African country may be heading for its third consecutive year of drought despite recent rains in some areas.

WFP spokesman Peter Transburg said 350,000 people in seven provinces needed food aid.

"We are $8.5 million short for our

RUNDU - Many households are staring hunger in the face in the Kavango Region and are appealing to the Government to speed up its food distribution programme before they face starvation.

The situation is slowly becoming grave with some families having been reduced to foraging for food at the dump site, a few kilometres west of Rundu.

Reports have it that over 112 000 households face serious food insecurity in the Kavango as their crops failed due to prolonged dry spells and floods during the 2007/8 farming season.

"There is completely nothing to

With the response of this appeal, the Islamic Solidarity Fund (ISF), Deniz Feneri Association, Muslim Aid, Muslim Association of Sofala and Sofala District Government signed a contract in order to build 100 houses for the people who were affected by the floods around Zambezi River.

The housing project was completed with

Mr. Kaberuka, who arrived in the Zambian capital on Thursday, said the grant was to help ease the plight of those affected by the flooding in parts of Zambia in 2007.

Signing on behalf of the Zambian government, the country's Minister of Finance, Ng'andu Magande, said Zambia was one of few countries in Southern Africa that often suffered both from flash

A statement released on 23 July said the EC had extended the scope of its disaster preparedness programme (DIPECHO) with a new allocation of ?5 million (US$7.8 million) for the four southern African countries.

"This is an important step in supporting

The Cabinet official was speaking at the ceremony that served to launch the cornerstone for the beginning of construction of the 2,500 low-cost houses for those affected by the floods.

Higino Carneiro said that with the conclusion of these houses the population will leave the sheltering centres and will

Appeal target: CHF798,072 (USD 654,157 or EUR 495,696);

Final Appeal coverage: 37 %

Appeal history:

- CHF 54,000 was initially allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the National Society in responding by delivering assistance.

Summary: The Zambia Floods operation in Solwezi and Mpulungu operation was closed in December 2007 after assisting a total of 1,250 families provided with clean water from the seven constructed

In brief

Programme summary: Mozambique Red Cross (1) (CVM) prioritized response to emergencies in order to meet the immediate needs of people affected by disasters such as an earthquake in February 2006, cholera outbreak in April 2006, flooding in January 2007, tropical cyclones in February 2007 and munitions explosion in March 2007. Through responding to the recurrent disasters, the National Society (NS) has gained experience in the provision of temporary shelter, relief items,