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In Numbers
772,701 people* Assisted in April 2023
2,262 MT of food distributed
US$ 3.2 million in Cash-Based Transfers
US$ 93.5 million Six-month (May – Oct 2023) net funding requirements
Emergency Response
Tropical Cyclone Freddy & Cholera response
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Tropical Cyclone Freddy – In Zambezia, WFP transported more than 106 m3 of mixed relief items from shelter, food, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and health clusters from Maputo, Xai-Xai, Caia, Nampula and Pemba to Quelimane and Mocuba. During the month of April, WFP provided food and nutrition assistance to an estimate of over 150,000 beneficiaries** in 3 of the 8 provinces affected by Cyclone Freddy (Niassa, Tete, and Sofala).
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Cholera – In Zambezia, WFP transported 80 food kits in support to 400 health staff responding to cholera in Quelimane, as well as transporting 2.3 mt of mixed nutrition items for the cholera response.
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In total, 6 flights were facilitated by WFP over the course of the month, transporting critically needed assistance and medical supplies, for both the cyclone Freddy and Cholera responses. WFP supported a total of 5 UN and NGO partners through the provision of transport and logistics services.
Northern Mozambique displacement crisis
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Due to funding shortages and to meet rising needs, WFP has been distributing reduced rations since April 2022 and continues to do so. In February 2023, due to funding shortages, WFP was forced to temporarily suspend distributions. In the March – April distribution cycle, WFP was able to restart assistance and reached an estimate of over 665,000 beneficiaries.
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WFP began rolling out the Vulnerability Based Targeting (VBT) in one district in Cabo Delgado during the March-April distribution cycle, using the new beneficiary lists compiled using the VBT approach. This exercise will be expanded to other districts.
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WFP Mozambique has been facing severe funding shortages for emergency food assistance, nutrition programmes and UNHAS.
WFP requires USD 93.5 million in total to continue supporting people across Mozambique over the next six months (MayOctober), with most of the additional funding needed to deliver life-saving humanitarian food assistance to conflict-affected populations in the country's north