Mozambique/Malawi - Humanitarian Response to the Cyclone Idai - Canadian Red Cross 2019

April 2019 – On March 15 2019 Cyclone Idai made landfall in Mozambique before continuing inland to Zimbabwe and Malawi causing substantial loss of life and injury. The cyclone resulted in severe damage to infrastructure shelter water sanitation and hygiene facilities and thousands of hectares of standing crops. An estimated three million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in the region. With GAC’s support the Canadian Red Cross is dispatching relief supplies from warehouses in Dubai to support emergency relief operations in Mozambique and Malawi. The relief supplies are helping to meet the immediate needs of up to 1 000 families affected by the crisis. Supplies include tarpaulins and shelter toolkits to provide temporary shelter mosquito nets and containers to safely transport water.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to temporary shelter; and (2) increased access to basic household items. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.