The South Korean government, through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), made a total of 4 million dollars available on Wednesday (21) to support displaced people in the north of the country, specifically those in Cabo Delgado province.
The money was given to the World Food Programme (WFP) through the signing of an agreement to implement the project called “Improving Food Security and Resilience of Vulnerable Communities and Contributing to the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus in Fragile Areas of Northern Mozambique”.
According to the director of KOICA, Jinjoo Hyun, the contribution is intended to help provide basic assistance to those displaced by the terrorist attacks that are taking place. “The intention is to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities”.
For her part, the director of the WFP in Mozambique, Antonella D’Aprile, explained that over the next three years the money will support the reintegration of more than 50,000 people who have returned to their areas of origin, through food assistance and the creation of income-generating opportunities, with a focus on empowering women and children.
“The communities that have returned have faced significant challenges in recent years and, through this programme, we intend to support them in becoming more self-sufficient,” he said.
D’Aprile added that the project will also address the restoration of local ecosystems and adapt communities to the recurring extreme weather events that plague Mozambique, at a time when the country is in the rainy season, which began in October and ends in April.
Cabo Delgado province has been facing terrorist attacks for more than six years, which led to a military response since July 2021, with support from Rwanda and the Southern African Development Community, liberating districts near the gas projects.
After a period of relative stability, new attacks and movements have been recorded in recent weeks, leading foreign entities to restrict travel to that part of the country.
