Etiqueta: ICRC

  • Cyclone Idai and Kenneth: Responding as a Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

    Cyclone Idai and Kenneth: Responding as a Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

     

    Cyclone Idai made landfall on 15 March 2019 in central Mozambique, wreaking havoc on Beira and its surrounding areas, resulting in significant damage and destruction to homes and settlements, health, water and sanitation facilities, as well as large swathes of crops, affecting more than 1.5 million people. On 25 April, a second cyclone made landfall in northern Mozambique, affecting a further 170,000 people in an area faced by armed violence.

     

    Even before these disasters hit, Mozambique Red Cross was there, providing early warning and early actions to prepare communities in high-risk areas and prepositioning aid items. Volunteers quickly sprung into action, reconnecting lost loved ones, supporting rescue efforts and delivering emergency relief.

     

    The Red Cross is supporting those most vulnerable by providing shelter; health; water, sanitation and hygiene promotion; restoring family links; psychosocial support; livelihoods; and dignified management of the dead. Red Cross has reached more than 164,000 of the most vulnerable with emergency relief so far.

     

    Read the rest of the report here: Cyclone Idai and Kenneth – Responding as a Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

  • Joint statement by CVM, ICRC and IFRC on the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement response to humanitarian needs in Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, after cyclone Kenneth

    Joint statement by CVM, ICRC and IFRC on the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement response to humanitarian needs in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique, after cyclone Kenneth

     

    Background

    Cyclone Kenneth made landfall on the night of 25 April 2019, affecting Cabo Delgado and Nampula Provinces in northeast Mozambique. In Cabo Delgado, the province worst affected by the disaster, it is estimated that 168,000 people have been affected, 37,000 houses damaged or destroyed, and 31,000 hectares of farmland lost. Cyclone Kenneth was the second cyclone to hit Mozambique within six weeks. The first, Cyclone Idai, made landfall on 14 March, affecting 1,5 million people in the central provinces, and caused the worst humanitarian crisis in Mozambique’s recent history. The Cruz Vermelha de Moçambique (CVM), with the support of the IFRC and the ICRC, has been at the forefront of the response to both disasters.

     

    Read the rest of the document here: Joint-Statement-Mozambique-May-2019