Mozambique

By the end of 2022, nearly one million people were internally displaced in Cabo Delgado due to fighting between non-state armed groups and government forces in a conflict that has been running since 2017. As the violence moved southwards in June 2022, thousands of families were displaced within days. Simultaneously, thousands of others opted to return to their homes despite the lack of services and destruction caused by the conflict.

Since 2019, we have been responding to the increasing needs of displaced and host communities, particularly in areas that receive little or no assistance. Our activities include general health care, mental health and psychosocial support, distribution of relief items, health promotion, and water, hygiene and sanitation services.

In 2022, we worked in Macomia, Mocimboa da Praia, Palma, and Mueda districts, and sent mobile teams to Meluco, Muidumbe, and Nangade to provide health care and distribute relief items. Meanwhile, we handed over our activities in Metuge to the Ministry of Health.