The non-governmental organisation (NGO) World Vision has announced that over the last two years it has invested more than 67 million meticals (1 million dollars) in the implementation of a health system project aimed at helping to combat the covid-19 pandemic in nine districts of Nampula province, northern Mozambique.
According to the organisation’s representative, David Raul, the initiative was implemented in the districts of Nacala-Porto, Monapo, Meconta, Eráti, Moma, Angoche, Ribauè, Malema and Nampula, where more than one million people benefited.
The official, quoted by Radio Moçambique, said that the work carried out had helped to reduce the impact caused by the pandemic and to guarantee quality of life for all the people living in the affected areas.
In March, World Vision announced 300,000 dollars to support displaced people sheltering in Nampula province after fleeing the armed attacks that took place in Cabo Delgado. At the time, it was explained that the money would be used to build and rehabilitate wells and boreholes, to protect women and children and to develop hygiene and disease prevention activities, including cholera.
‘We’ve been trying to support the people, which is why we made an initial investment of more than 300 thousand dollars. Around 20,000 children are out of school, have left their homes and are in a vulnerable situation. World Vision and other partners have been looking for more sustainable solutions to support the victims of the conflict,’ explained the organisation’s director in Mozambique, Maria Carolina.
