Mozambique: Cabo Delgado, Nampula & Niassa Humanitarian Snapshot - May 2023

The humanitarian operation is falling short of meeting humanitarian needs. Between January and May, humanitarian partners reached 1.2 million people with some form of humanitarian assistance out of the 1.6 million people targeted. However, the achievement is primarily driven by the Food Security and Livelihoods Cluster (FSL) results, which reached 1.1 million people with food aid. Response data show that less than approx. 478,000 people – equivalent to half of the caseload targeted – are being reached by assistance if FSL activities are excluded. Moreover, since April 2022, due to funding shortages and to meet the needs of the returnee population in Muidumbe, Nangade, Macomia, Mocimboa da Praia and Palma and Quissanga, half rations have been distributed. Full food rations were distributed at the peak of the lean season in December 2022 and January 2023.
According to the IOM-DTM Mobility Tracking Assessment Round 18, IDPs decreased to 834,000 people. There are 290,400 IDPs in 99 sites and 544,000 IDPs in host communities. The bulk of IDPs remain concentrated in the southern districts of Pemba, Metuge and Mueda (396,160 people). Among the IDPs, there are some 81,000 people who have returned to their district of origin but are still living in displacement-like situations in district sedes, unable to reach their final destinations due to the uncertain security situation in their place of origin. The returnees have mainly concentrated in Palma, Mocimboa de Praia and Muidumbe (239,776 people). Inadequate services and assistance in areas of return and in IDP hosting districts drive the pendular movements between areas of origin and displacement areas.
Community consultations on intentions surveys conducted in Metuge, Mueda and Montepuez indicate that most IDPs intend to return. The results indicate that 61 per cent of respondents want to return to areas of origin now or in six months, while 22 per cent don’t know when they want to return. The remaining 17 per cent want to stay in the current location.
There is a pressing need to sustain and mobilize additional funding to maintain scale-up. At the end of May 2023, the HRP is 24 per cent funded, having received a total of U$121 million.