Mozambique - Emergency Response to Cyclone Idai - UNICEF 2019

March 2019 – On March 14 Cyclone Idai a category 2 storm made landfall near Beira Mozambique and continued its journey causing significant loss of life damage flooding and displacement. The cyclone and its associated tropical depression will ultimately have claimed more than 800 lives and severely affected the livelihoods of more than 3 million people in Mozambique Malawi and Zimbabwe. In humanitarian emergencies UNICEF’s project activities include: (1) providing people with access to safe drinking water and sanitation facilities; (2) treating children for severe acute malnutrition; (3) providing emergency education programming for children; (4) ensuring protection services for children and women; and (5) providing basic healthcare.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to safe drinking water sanitation facilities and hygiene education; (2) increased access to services and commodities to identify and treat acute malnutrition for the most vulnerable including children under 5 and pregnant and lactating women; (3) increased school enrollment and attendance rate; (4) increased access to protection services particularly for children and women; and (5) increased access to basic health care services. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained for the populations in countries affected by Cyclone Idai.