OCHA Situation Report No. 20
Mozambique - Floods
21 June 2001


Given that the emergency phase has ended, no more situation reports on
this emergency are envisaged at this stage.

Situation

1.  The UN Resident Coordinator's Office in Mozambique compiled and
submitted the Final Flood Report that captures major challenges faced and
activities carried out by the civil society in Mozambique, during the
flood emergency.  The report is available on the OCHA Internet Website
(http://www.reliefweb.int).  The United Nations Disaster Management Team
(UNDMT)  held the last formal meeting for the 2001 flood emergency on 19
June 2001.  The UN DMT together with the National Institute for Disaster
Management (INGC)  will organise a Lessons Learned Workshop in July to
review the relief operations.

2.  A Flood Reconstruction Conference will be convened by the Government
of Mozambique on 12 and 13 July in Maputo (OCHA Situation Report no.  19
para.2 refers).  The Conference aims at bridging flood relief operations
with longer-term development and macro-economic prospects to be addressed
at the annual Consultative Group Meeting.

3.  The focus has shifted from the emergency relief operations towards
resettlement and more rehabilitation/development activities.  The
coordination team sent by INGC from Maputo to Beira to enhance provincial
coordination efforts returned to Maputo, due to the decreasing volume of
work.

4.  Logistics:  According to the National Roads Administration (ANE), of
766.7 km of primary roads in Zambezia province, only 255.2 km are in good
condition, while 421.9 km of secondary roads (total 1,370 km) are in good
or reasonable condition.  More than half (55.8%) of all roads in Zambezia
are dirt roads, whereas 10.1% of the roads are paved and the rest are
graded earth roads.  Over a third (36%) of all the roads are in bad
condition or completely impassable to traffic.

5.  Food: The INGC reported that free food distribution was expected to
finish at the end of May and households in need of food assistance would
be targeted through food-for-work/recovery schemes.  NGOs in Sofala
province are in consultation with the district administrations to identify
projects under these schemes.  WFP has been feeding some 230,000 displaced
persons in 65 temporary accomodation centres in the four affected
provinces, in cooperation with ten different implementing partners.

6.  Health:  A nutritional survey was conducted by the Ministry of Health
and UNICEF in the affected areas.  The results released in mid-May showed
high levels of malnutrition (19.9%) among children under five years old.  
It was recommended that the resettlement process should proceed as rapidly
as possible and logistic problems hindering food distribution should be
addressed as appropriate.  UNICEF provided 350 tonnes of corn-soya blend
for supplementary feeding carried out by the Red Cross in Caia, Chemba and
Chupanga (Sofala province), and Mopeia and Chinde (Zambezia province)  
and by MSF in Mutarara (Tete province).  The Ministry of Health is
responsible for establishing therapeutic feeding centres, in collaboration
with organisations providing assistance to the health sector. UNICEF is
assisting one functioning therapeutic feeding centre in Mutarara hospital
and will support two more in the district at Charre and Inhangoma. No new
nutritional surveys are planned currently, while the Government and the UN
agencies are closely following the nutrition status of the affected people
as the resettlement process begins.

7.  Shelter:  A total of 60 resettlement areas have been identified in the
four affected provinces.  However, the work of demarcation and allocation
of plots varies from province to province. The technical team carrying out
this work in Manica province has completed the job in Sussundenga district
and is now working in Tambara district. The Mozambican NGO Kulima has
pledged to build 100 houses in Tambara.

8.  Agriculture:  FAO reported that up to 100,000 households may have
benefited from the distribution of seeds and tools to plant a second
season crop in the flood-affected areas.  FAO supplied farming kits for
30,500 households, with funds from Italy and the member NGOs of the
Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)  are meeting the needs of another
34,600 households.  The remaining households are being supplied by other
NGOs and donors, although FAO does not have documentation on this
distribution. Households that have not benefited from seeds and tools for
the second season will be included in the beneficiary lists for the
distribution of seeds for the 2001/2002 main crop season. FAO is currently
identifying donors for this programme.

9.  Education:  The Ministry of Education reported that at least 329 lower
primary schools mainly in rural areas, were affected by this year's
flooding in the four affected provinces, impacting the schooling of
105,889 primary level pupils.  1,063 teachers of the 1,391 affected by the
floods have still not been able to return to work.


International Response

10.  According to OCHA, the Governments of Australia, Canada, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway,
Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States have
pledged or provided cash and/or in-kind contributions bilaterally or
through NGOs or the UN system.  As of 20 June, OCHA recorded USD 17.2
million as reported by donors to OCHA.  The Final Flood Report compiled by
the UN DMT recorded USD 27.6 million as the response to the international
appeals by the Government and the UN, including donor contributions
directly reported by the Government of Mozambique.

11.  As of the beginning of May, 92.8 % of the IFRC's appeal launched on 1
March has been met.  IFRC estimated that over 133,000 displaced people
have benefited from its assistance.  A total of 53,368 people are
sheltered in centres managed or jointly managed by IFRC/Red Cross.  More
than 300 Red Cross volunteers are active in 47 other accommodation centres
with a total population of 80,000.  Cash contributions are still required
to support the continuing operations.

12.  Information on contributions to this disaster may be found by
clicking on Financial Tracking at the top of the page for this disaster on
the OCHA Internet Website (http://www.reliefweb.int). Donors are requested
to verify this table and inform OCHA Geneva of
corrections/additions/values.  Donors are encouraged to notify OCHA Geneva
of their contributions to this disaster using the OCHA Standardized
Contributions Recording Format, available electronically in the above
mentioned Financial Tracking Website.

13.  This Situation Report and further information on ongoing emergencies
are also available on the OCHA Internet Website at
http://www.reliefweb.int


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