Food security levels are generally better than a year earlier in East Africa and the Sahel, with most areas facing either IPC phase 1 ‘minimal’ or phase 2 ‘stressed’ conditions, thanks to favorable agro-climatic conditions in 2012.

Reconstruction in Mozambique after the floods of earlier this year could cost 517 million US dollars according to new government figures.

According to the Minister of Planning and Development, Aiuba Cuereneia, of this amount about 353 million dollars will be for reconstruction in the public sector and 164 million dollars in the private sector.

The minister was speaking on 3 May in Maputo at the annual review meeting of the donors and funding agencies who provide direct support to the Mozambican state budget, known as the Programme Aid Partners (PAPs) or G-19.

Three-month strategy involving all clusters is designed to contribute to strengthening the livelihoods and the resilience of thousands affected by January floods.

The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

Following the floods which hit Mozambique at the end of January this year, approximately 5,000 families have decided to start constructing new homes to begin new lives in permanent relocation sites with IOM's help.

IOM recently started its first distribution of shelter toolkits, as well as 4,500 solar kits with cell phone chargers and lights to reduce security risks in the new relocation sites. The organization is also working closely with the provincial government to improve data management and coordination between partner aid agencies.

The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

GDP is negatively impacted each year

· World Bank responds on many levels with funding and technical assistance

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No.1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid1, and in particular Article 2(a) and Article 13 thereof;

Whereas:

This is a guest blog by Luke Tredget in Chaquelane, Mozambique. Luke is part of a team of sanitation experts who were sent to the country by the British Red Cross last month.

When severe downpours battered Mozambique at the beginning of the year, swollen rivers broke their banks and flooded homes. This lead to mass evacuations in the southern tip of the country.

Hundreds of thousands of people were affected by the floods, and the entire town of Chokwe was forced to evacuate.