The OCHA-managed Pooled Funds at the forefront of the humanitarian response : Mozambique (18 June 2024) [EN/PT]

Mozambique is experiencing escalating climate disasters, including droughts related to El Niño. The droughts have amplified food insecurity, plunging communities into hardship. In parallel, Mozambique is facing its most severe cholera outbreak in 25 years and is grappling with ongoing internal conflict that has resulted in a complex and multifaceted crisis with significant humanitarian implications, including high levels of internal displacement. Since December 2023, attacks by non-state armed groups have displaced over 132,000 people in northern Mozambique.

According to the 2024 Humanitarian Response Plan, 2.25 million people in Mozambique need humanitarian assistance, including 1.7 million people affected by conflict and displacement and over 429,000 people could be impacted by extreme weather events.

In response, the OCHA-managed Pooled Funds are enabling timely and strategic humanitarian assistance to affected people. Since 2023, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated $24.3 million to Mozambique, enabling critical humanitarian responses.
In addition, OCHA is seeking to support collective anticipatory action for predictable hazards in Mozambique, building on and scaling up existing initiatives.

In May 2024, OCHA established a Regional Humanitarian Fund for Eastern and Southern Africa, building on the success and performance of the Regional Humanitarian Fund in West and Central Africa. The Fund’s first envelope will be in Mozambique, expanding access to pooled funding, particularly for national and local actors, and increasing much needed support to vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities.