Reports

The Australian government is to provide, via the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), $3 million to support demining programmes under way in Mozambique. This financial aid will be channelled over the next three years to the three…

Forward For the United Nations (UN) in Mozambique, the year 2011 was one of programme review and development. During the year, the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) and UNDAF Action Plan were developed to guide UN…

Handicap International has been performing humanitarian demining actions in countries affected by anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions for over 20 years. These demining and mine clearance activities aim to restore land and livelihoods to local people.…

For over 20 years, Handicap International has been implementing humanitarian mine clearance actions in countries contaminated by antipersonnel mines, notably in Mozambique. The organisation began its activities in the country in 1986, with an emergency intervention…

This report is produced by the HCT WG and covers the period from 10 to 16 February 2012. The next report will be issued on 23 February 2012. I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES In total, an estimated US$17 million are…

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES In total, an estimated 116,333 people have been affected, among them 40 deaths due to two tropical storms between 18 and 26 January 2012; however, this number is expected to continue as assessment is…

GUARA GUARA, Mozambique, 21 October 2011 – The childhood of Filiphe Luis Marime, 15, ended three years ago when his mother died after a long illness. He was left responsible for his younger siblings, one…

NAMPULA, 14 September 2011 (IRIN) - Fahir Mohamed sold her gold jewellery to raise the US$1,000 fee for her and her husband to be smuggled by boat from the southern Somali port city of Kismayo to…

NAMPULA, 14 September 2011 (IRIN) - Mohidin Adam Ibrahim, 27, arrived at Maratane refugee camp in Mozambique's Nampula Province in February 2010, but is still awaiting a decision on his refugee status. He told IRIN about…

Executive Summary Childhood poverty has immediate and long-term effects on children. Chronic malnutrition, for example, in the first two years of life can permanently impact a child’s growth, resulting in stunting and reduced mental development. The impact…