Mozambique Humanitarian Aid UNICEF WASH Preparedness 2023

Mozambique is extremely prone to recurring hydrometeorological hazards and its population is at the same time highly vulnerable due to gaps in basic and social services, underlying poverty, and deprivations. The frequency of severe floods, droughts and tropical storms including cyclones has been increasing in Mozambique.

The Global Climate Risk Index 2021 assesses impacts of extreme weather events (fatalities and economic losses) and ranks Mozambique as the 5th most affected country for the period of 2000-2019. 

Direct: 1,600 men, women through capacity building initiatives targeting policy makers, directors, managers within the relevant state institutions and humanitarian and development partners

Indirect: 20,000 men, women and children through preparedness actions including prepositioning of water treatment supplies and emergency response

Expected results:  

• WASH Sector bottleneck analysis and capacity building
• Procurement, prepositioning and distribution of WASH critical supplies

Results from previous phases:  

The 2022-2023 contribution was mainly used to procure WASH emergency supplies to respond to multiple overlapping disasters (floods, cyclone Freddy and cholera) during the months of February and March 2023:

• 1,000 squatting plates, 600 plastic tarpaulins, 42,000 water disinfection doses, 27,592 soap bars, 2,000 plastic buckets with lid and tap