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PARTNERS ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS
GENERAL PROTECTION
UNHCR partner Helpcode carried out protection monitoring in 12 IDP sites, host communities, and return locations across four districts in Cabo Delgado (Mueda, Montepuez, Metuge, and Palma) and interviewed 2,045 displaced and returned families in order to understand the protection needs, risks, and trends in Cabo Delgado, as well as to identify and refer for services persons with specific needs. Note that since Helpcode began 2023 PM data collection in February, the above numbers also represent the cumulative numbers for 2023 thus far.
UNHCR partner Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), working closely with Government authorities, assisted 426 people (105 women, 52 men, 155 girls, 114 boys) to reacquire their lost or destroyed civil documentation (birth certificates and national IDs) in Eduardo Mondlane neighborhood, Pemba. Of this total, 422 were displaced people from Mocimboa da Praia, Palma, Quissanga, and Macomia, and four were host community members from Pemba; five were people with disabilities; and nine received additional legal counseling and/or representation from UCM’s on-site lawyers (including for cases of HLP and child support). Note that since UCM began 2023 civil documentation & legal assistance activities in mid-February, the above numbers also represent the cumulative numbers for 2023 thus far.
UNHCR, in close collaboration with the Secretary of State of Cabo Delgado, organized a thematic meeting with Government institutions implicated in the protection of IDPs and refugees in the province, with the objectives of (i) providing an overview of UNHCR’s mandate and activities globally, regionally, nationally, and in Cabo Delgado; (ii) strengthening coordination between UNHCR and the Government in protection activities, and; (iii) functioning as an entry point for further institutional capacity-building. In total, 57 people attended (36 Government staff representing 12 institutions, 1 UCM representative, 9 UNHCR facilitators, and 11 UNHCR participants), as well as 15 journalists covering the event for various media outlets.
UNHCR and partner AVSI and the Protection Focal Points, conducted community-based awareness-raising sessions and delivered messages on human rights to at least 240 persons in Montepuez, Metuge and Pemba districts.
UNHCR continues to provide psychosocial support through home visit. For this period at least 48 elderly persons with disabilities (PwD) in Pemba has been visited. In addition, UNHCR with partner Humanity Inclusion has begun distributing prosthesis and assistive devices to PwDs.
IOM as part of its Individual Protection Assistance, identified and supported three persons (one with disability) with provision of wheelchair and shelter kit in Pemba and three others with crutches and wheelchair in Metuge. IOM also continued providing support to protection cases, including identification and referral to specialized services for GBV and child protection. During the reporting period, 3 GBV cases were identified and referred for specialized interventions in Metuge, and 18 unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) were identified and referred to social services for family reunification and child protection service provision following displacement in Montepuez.
IOM also continued strengthening protection capacities in the field, by providing refreshment sessions on protection mainstreaming for activistas in Mueda and new activistas in Ancuabe. IOM has also identified 14 adolescents and five
adults in Chiúre, Ibo, Montepuez and Pemba Districts and referred to specialized mental health services while 16 adolescent and 31 adults were identified in Montepuez and Pemba and referred to the health services. In addition to this, identified a total of 53 individuals (25 children and 28 adults) in Chiúre, Ibo, Metuge, Montepuez and Pemba Districts, who were referred to specialized mental health services and 128 individuals (51 children and 76 adults) from Metuge, Montepuez and Pemba Districts referred to health services.