Informes

Appeal Target: US$ 350,968 Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 162,834 Geneva, 21 March 2005 Dear Colleagues, Mozambique has many areas that are prone to periodic natural disasters and for the last five years Mozambique has suffered through drought, floods…

Critical Issues for Children and Women Mozambique remains one of the poorest countries in the world, particularly vulnerable to natural disasters and the HIV/AIDS pandemic. With more than half of the nation's population living below the poverty line and some…

37-year-old woman returns to school after twenty-one years Challenge Education is a top priority for Mozambique's government, but the country continues to suffer from a high illiteracy rate due to a legacy of colonialism and a 16-year civil war that followed independence…

Rainfall situation FEWSNET reports that in Mozambique the rainy season has been erratic and late. Figure 1 shows rainfall in the six most drought-affected provinces. The season started well in October, but was followed by a dry…

Living Together is a community-based programme in Tete province, Mozambique that supports the rising numbers of older people who are bringing up orphans. It helps them to make ends meet and send the children to school. HelpAge International has…

At a glance Summary Many children in Mozambique find themselves trapped in a cycle of poverty with inadequate access to basic services in health and education, prone to food insecurity and vulnerable to being abused and exploited by adults.abuse. Despite…

Cholera Outbreak in Central and Northern Mozambique: 1,289 Cases Registered so far Since September 2002, a number of outbreaks of cholera have been reported in Nampula, Niassa, Cabo Delgado and most recently Sofala Province. As of 28 January 2003, 1,289…

Abstract Little is known about the extent to which public spending is targeted towards the poor in Mozambique. The objective of the present paper is to assess whether public expenditures on education and health, in particular, are…

Oxfam Update on Flooding in Mozambique Over the weekend floodwaters rose again on the Zambezi River in Central Mozambique, with more than 150,000 people now having been forced from their homes. The giant Cahora Bassa dam was forced to open…

Baltimore, March 19, 2001 - When flooding hit Mozambique in March for the second year in a row, $530,000-worth of clothing, school kits, health kits, layettes and quilts were already on their way from Lutheran World Relief to the…