WFP Mozambique Country Brief, October 2022

In Numbers

716,288 people assisted in October 2022

7,930 MT of food assistance distributed

US$ 1.92 million in cash-based transfers

US$ 85 million six-month (November 2022 – April 2023) net funding requirements

Emergency Response

Northern Mozambique Displacement Crisis

• WFP continued to provide life-saving food assistance to the affected people in northern Mozambique. WFP has reached over one million people in the September/October cycle and plans to reach a similar figure in the next distribution cycle.

• WFP needs US$ 51 million to continue delivering life-saving food and nutrition assistance to one million people in northern Mozambique from February to April 2023.

• A lack of funds has forced WFP to distribute reduced rations since April this year and if additional funding is not received urgently, WFP will be forced to suspend all its assistance from February next year.

• WFP has been providing food assistance to 7,989 refugees and asylum seekers in Maratane settlement in Nampula province since 2011.

• WFP and UNHCR are jointly appealing for funds to meet Maratane food needs. If no funds are received WFP will be forced to interrupt the assistance after February 2023.

• WFP has increased its early recovery efforts to address root causes of food insecurity in Cabo Delgado and Nampula, currently supporting nearly 44, 000 people to rebuild their livelihoods. WFP plans to expand this support to 140,000 people in the next 9 months.

Seasonal Forecast October 2022 – March 2023

• From October 2022 to March 2023, normal to above normal rainfall is expected in the southern and central areas of the country. Warmer than normal temperatures are also expected in Cabo Delgado and Nampula from January to March 2023. In hydrological terms, high risk of flooding in Savane basin is expected from October to December.
  From January to March 2023, a moderate to high risk of flooding is expected in the Búzi, Púngoè, Megaruma, Montepuez and Messalo basins, and a high risk of flooding in the Savane, Namacurra, Licungo and Raraga hydrographic basins.