Mozambique: $13 million a month needed to aid drought-affected people

Mozambican Drought-affected provinces (Pic: Club of Mozambique.com)

Maputo (IINA) – The Mozambican government's relief agency, the National Disasters Management Institute (INGC), has estimated that it needs $13 million a month to aid victims of the drought in the southern and central provinces, news agencies reported.
Speaking at a press conference here on Monday, INGC National Director Joao Machatine said about 1.5 million people are currently in a situation of food insecurity, of whom 1.3 million already need food aid.
He made the remarks following a meeting with the INGC's cooperation partners, where ideas were discussed about drawing up a plan to respond to the emergency and raise support.
“We need to draw up a joint plan of response between the government and the partners,” Machatine said, adding: “At this meeting the partners said they are willing to provide assistance within their windows of support, and to mobilize the necessary resources."
The meeting, he told reporters, follows recently concluded work to update the statistics. This work showed that the number of people in food insecurity is much higher than previous estimates, which put it at around 315,000 people. The INGC had been using this underestimate as the basis for its work.
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