Response to cholera outbreak in northern Mozambique
A cholera outbreak was declared in the city of Pemba, Cabo Delgado Province last week. This outbreak follows the other affected provinces of Niassa, Zambezia, Tete, Manica, Sofala, Inhambane and Gaza and the neighbouring country of Malawi – experiencing the deadliest cholera epidemic in decades with more than 1,200 deaths. MENTOR is co-ordinating the cholera […]
Education for children affected by conflict in northern Mozambique
MENTOR and its partners recently implemented a project to increase access to safe and inclusive learning environments for children affected by the conflict in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. Called Safe and Inclusive Learning (SAIL) the consortium is led by Save the Children International in partnership with Humanity & Inclusion and Associação Progresso, with funding from ECHO. […]
Constructing handwashing stations in Northern Mozambique
MENTOR is supporting the construction and supply of 1,175 tippy taps across six districts of Cabo Delgado Province (Pemba, Ancuabe, Chiure, Metuge, Montepuez and Mueda) in co-ordination with de Provincial Health Directorate (DPS) and local communities. The new tippy taps will impact more than 297,000 people by providing access to handwashing stations, which reduces the […]
Primary Healthcare in the community
The MENTOR Initiative provides life-saving primary healthcare for displaced, vulnerable and hard to reach communities through the training and support of Community Health Workers (CHWs). In the past year we have trained and provided support to over 3,000 community health workers across our programmes in Central African Republic, Mozambique, Angola, Syria and Venezuela. Community health […]
Second phase of emergency response in Mozambique
(13 July 2022) Work is underway in Cabo Delgado Province in the second phase of MENTOR’s response to the humanitarian emergency caused by violence and insecurity in Northern Mozambique. The programme, which began in 2021 and is funded by BHA-USAID, aims to ensure access to life-saving disease prevention and health services to conflict and disaster-affected […]
MENTOR IN MOZAMBIQUE UPDATE (JUNE 2019)
Reporting On The First Round Of IRS Campaigns in a post-Cyclone Idai Mozambique Immediately after Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique and the surrounding region in March 2019, The MENTOR Initiative mobilised their Emergency Team to start preparing for what we knew to be an incoming “Second Wave”. Our history and expertise working to reduce and prevent […]