Escalating violence in Cabo Delgado forcing people to flee their homes

Renewed attacks by non-state armed groups in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique are forcing an increasing number of people to flee their homes. Since February, escalating violence in the province has displaced more than 75,000 people who have found safety in resettlement camps or host communities in towns such as Chiúre (pictured).

Here, people live in overcrowded camps and have limited access to water, sanitation and health facilities, significantly increasing the risk of diarrhoeal and vector-borne diseases.

Supported by UNICEF, MENTOR is working in several districts of southern Cabo Delgado and northern Nampula focussing on:
▫ preventing disease transmission
▫ supporting the health authorities by distributing water with tanker trucks
▫ repairing water sources and boreholes
▫ building and maintaining emergency latrines
▫ distributing chlorine soap and hygiene kits for families
▫ reinforcing training for health technicians.

Over the past four months, MENTOR helped
▪ distribute more than 300,000 litres of water
▪ share information on disease prevention with more than 28,000 people
▪ distribute more than 18,000 bottles of chlorine
▪ distribute more than 4,500 bars of soap
▪ train 100 community actors to carry out disease prevention activities in the community
▪ reinforce the training of 60 health technicians
▪ build and repaired 60 latrines and emergency toilets
▪ support 12 cholera treatment centres and health units
▪ install 10 oral rehydration points in community.