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@RefugeesMedia - 22/03/2022
UNHCR alongside Mozambique’s government and humanitarian partners, is rushing to assist thousands of families affected by Tropical Cyclone Gombe, which made landfall in Nampula province on 11 March destroying homes, flooding farmlands, and forcing people to flee
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@RefugeesMedia - 22/03/2022
UNHCR and partners rush aid to thousands in Mozambique after Tropical Cyclone Gombe https://t.co/sYWLZcYeDV via @refugees
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@RefugeesMedia - 22/03/2022
Over 735,000 people have fled their homes since the conflict in Cabo Delgado started in October 2017. As of March 2022, UNHCR’s operations in Mozambique were only 11 per cent funded out of a total of US$36.7 million required to deliver life-saving assistance.
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@RefugeesMedia - 22/03/2022
Recent extreme climate events, such as Tropical Storm Ana in January and Tropical Cyclone Gombe this month, pose additional challenges to both displaced people and host communities in northern Mozambique.
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@RefugeesMedia - 22/03/2022
One year after non-state armed groups launched major attacks in the Palma district on 24 March 2021, leaving dozens dead and thousands displaced across Cabo Delgado, security remains fragile in some parts of northern Mozambique
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@RefugeesMedia - 22/03/2022
Mueda district hosts 134,515 internally displaced people. Most sites are overcrowded and will soon reach capacity. Mueda is among the districts hosting the largest number of displaced communities within Cabo Delgado.
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@RefugeesMedia - 22/03/2022
Major gaps remain, however, especially in providing mental health and psychosocial support to unaccompanied and separated children, people living with disabilities, pregnant women and older people.
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@RefugeesMedia - 22/03/2022
We are providing shelter materials and household items to vulnerable families, monitoring protection risks, and supporting authorities to manage sites hosting the displaced. We are also establishing reception and communal facilities
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@RefugeesMedia - 22/03/2022
UNHCR and partners are working closely with local authorities to ensure that the needs of both recently and previously displaced communities in Mueda are addressed
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@RefugeesMedia - 22/03/2022
Those fleeing violence suffered and witnessed atrocities, including killings and the decapitation and dismemberment of bodies, sexual violence, kidnappings, forced recruitment by armed groups, and torture. Fearing new violence people continue to arrive in Mueda
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