Mozambique: 2024 Humanitarian Response Dashboard - Conflict (As of December 2024)

SITUATION UPDATE

By the end of 2024, some 1.80 million people were reached, including 950,000 women
and more than one million children. People reached included internally displaced people (IDPs), returnees, and host communities.

A more granular analysis of the assistance provided reveals that while in Cabo
Delgado the assistance provided was multisectoral in Niassa assistance was provided
by two clusters (Education and FSL). In Nampula, multisectoral assistance was
provided in Erati district in response to the IDP outflow from Cabo Delgado. In Cabo
Delgado, between January and December 2024, FSL partners have reached 895,000
unique beneficiaries across 15 districts of Cabo Delgado (Ancuabe, Balama, Chiure,
Ibo, Macomia, Mecufi, Metuge, Mocimboa da Praia, Montepuez, Mueda, Muidumbe,
Namuno, Nangade, Pemba and Quissanga), but they have covered only 13 per cent of
the food needs of the targeted people. This means that many people assisted have
only received food packages once or twice during that period, and many others only
with half ration.

The number of host communities assisted went beyond the initial target. The
overreach is attributed to the fact that during the planning phase the number of people
in host communities was calculated to match the number of IDPs, on a one-to-one
basis. As the crisis continued, it became clear that many more people — including
those who had not fled but remained in their homes — were in urgent need and the
humanitarian response was spread to support all those affected by the crisis.

Of the 72 humanitarian organizations coordinating assistance through the
Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), a quarter are national non-governmental
organizations (NNGOs). Despite their significant presence, NNGOs received less
than one per cent of direct HRP funding. Most of the funding to NNGO was
through sub-grants. This highlights a critical gap in direct funding to local
organizations that are often at the forefront of response efforts.

At the end of December 2024, the HRP was 39 per cent funded, having received
approximately U$162.6 million of $413 million requested. An additional $59.4
million has been received.

In 2024, funding imbalances among clusters remained significant. All clusters
received less than 50 per cent of their required funding, except for the
Coordination and Common Services sector, which was funded at 57 per cent, and
the Refugee Response, which received 73 per cent of its requirements. Notably,
the Education and Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCM) clusters
received less than 20 per cent of their needed funds, while the Health and
Protection clusters secured only 25 per cent of their funding requests. The
imbalances has had an impact on the quality of the response.