WFP

Emergency Situation Report Mozambique 27 February 2008

Essential Information: Total WFP Caseload: 258,000 floods in the Center; 227,000 drought in the South through March Total food distributed: 15,300 metric tons (floods and drought response, Oct07– present) Staff assisting emergency response: 57 (including 15 national UNV district Food Aid Monitors, 20 Country Office staff, 15 international surge staff and 7 local short-term recruitments) In country stocks: 3,570 mt (for emergency response, February distributions)

1. HIGHLIGHTS • Water levels in all central region rivers are decreasing, though some sections of the Zambezi and Púnguè Rivers remain above flood alert levels. Water levels in northern Mozambique continued to fluctuate, with a tendency to stabilize. • The Cahora Bassa Dam is discharging water at a relatively low rate of 1,850 cubic meters per second. The dam reservoir is still filing, but is at a safe 71% full. • In the next 48 hours, rainfall and isolated storms are forecast throughout Mozambique. The annual rainy season continues through March, so authorities and people living near rivers remain on alert. • INGC estimates that approximately 21,500 households, 102,000 people, have moved to resettlement centers as a result of the 2008 floods. This increases resettlement populations where centers continue to house people displaced by the floods of 2007 and, in some cases, of 2000/2001. (Source: CENOE) • On 26 February, 11 new cases of cholera were reported in Cholera Treatment Centers (CTC) in and 24 new cases in . Cumulative cases of cholera in these provinces are 825 and 714 respectively. To date, there have been 14 cholera-related deaths in Tete. (Source: CENOE)

2. SECURITY & POLITICAL SITUATION • The security situation in City is normal, despite a further strike of minibus drivers on Monday this week. With concessions on fuel prices from the Government, minibuses are again operating normally.

3. OPERATIONAL ISSUES • WFP is working closely with INGC and district authorities to determine exact numbers of affected people in each district, as some districts have reported unrealistically high numbers during the last week. • The WFP Deputy Country Director will visit Caia from 28 February to 04 March.

4. CONSTRAINTS • Road access remains problematic in some locations in Tete province, including in Magoe, Mutarara, and Zumbo districts.

5. PROGRAMMING ISSUES

5.1 Target populations/beneficiaries • The initial VAC assessment indicates that 258,000 people require immediate food assistance through March 2008, while at least 226,500 of these people are expected to require continued food assistance beyond this initial period. WFP will continue to work closely with INGC to incorporate the newly displaced people into WFP’s overall emergency response, with priority given to those in resettlement and transit centers.

5.2 Assessments • The level of need for flood-affected populations in central Mozambique beyond April will be determined through a full Government-led VAC assessment to be conducted in late March 2008, with results available mid-April.

5.3 Food Distributions • WFP and cooperating partners, including, Conselho Cristão de Moçambique, ESMABAMA, CEDES, ADRM, BADES, World Vision, Save the Children Alliance, World Relief and OIKOS continue to carry out food distributions according to the February distribution plan in flood-affected districts. 1 of 3 WFP Mozambique

• Since emergency operations began in central Mozambique in January, WFP and cooperating partners have distributed 2,350 tons of food to some 200,000 people in 13 flood-affected districts, as of 27 February 2008.

2008 Mozambique Flood Response Partnerships Province District WFP Cooperating Partner Inhambane Govuro Conselho Cristão de Moçambique (CCM) Manica Tambara Concern International Sofala Buzi ESMABAMA Caia Comité Ecuménico para o Desenvolvimento Social (CEDES) Chemba Conselho Cristão de Moçambique (CCM) Dondo WFP Machanga BADES Marromeu Conselho Cristão de Moçambique (CCM) Nhamatanda WFP Tete Magoe Associação de Desenvolvimento Rural de Magoe (ADRM) Mutarara World Vision International Zambezia Chinde German Agro Action Maganja da Costa WFP Mopeia Save the Children and Conselho Cristão de Moçambique (CCM) Morrumbala OIKOS - Cooperação e Desenvolvimento

5.4 Monitoring • All WFP sub-offices are closely monitoring the situation. WFP employs 36 National UNV Food Aid Monitors who cover 54 districts across Mozambique, including 15 who are posted and resident in the flood-affect districts of the central provinces.

5.5 Pipeline and Food Supply • WFP’s PRRO pipeline will break in April and has a total shortfall of 29,400 mt. The shortfall for the emergency relief portion of the PRRO is 7,600 mt through July 2008.

6. LOGISTICS • The SO 10726.0 – through which the emergency logistics operation is being resourced – continues to be dangerously under funded. Currently all helicopters have been served termination notices. Additional funding is urgently required. • Helicopters performed sling deliveries to the newly inaccessible localities of Noere and Nzanza in . • One emergency flight was performed from Mutarara to Traquino on 23 February to deliver urgently needed medicine in response to the outbreak of cholera. • UNHAS coordinated a medical evacuation by helicopter on 25 February from Mutarara to Caia on behalf of UNICEF. • An additional boat with a capacity of 7 mt has been added to the existing fleet. The 30 mt barge arrived in Caia and commenced operations on 23 February, carrying a load of UNICEF OVC kits to . • Road conditions in the area are improving on a daily basis. Reports from the area indicate that some roads are beginning to dry out which is resulting in increased landside capacity along certain routes. The Logistics Cluster has 13 trucks in use for road transportation. Three trucks are being used to load helicopters and two are being used to load boats. The remaining vehicles are scheduled for road deliveries according to distribution plans.

7. EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS • WFP, Telecoms Sans Frontières (TSF) and INGC ICT staff installed two VHF repeaters on Morrumbala Mountain (1,100m, 39.8 km north of Caia). The interagency repeater provides relatively good connectivity for the base and mobile radios, but not for handsets. Another VHF repeater kit with a high-gain antenna is being transported to Caia to improve connectivity in the Zambezi River Valley. • TSF technicians installed a VSAT ground station in to provide internet connectivity for the humanitarian community. • The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster has installed an HF base radio at the Concern International office in Tambara district (note that Tambara is not an ETC operational area), which will also be used by WFP and INGC who have regular missions to Tambara. The equipment and installation materials were provided by WFP.

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• Following a request from INGC an HF base radio was installed at Ilea Salvia in Chinde district.

8. COORDINATION / EXTERNAL RELATIONS • WFP helped coordinate a visit to Caia of the US Chargé d'Affaires and the Ambassadors of Norway, Sweden and Finland on 20 February. The delegation met with the District Administrator and the Deputy Director of INGC, visited two resettlement centers where food distributions were ongoing, toured warehouses managed by the Logistics Cluster, and were briefed about the UNHAS-coordinated air operations at the airfield. • The emergency clusters are requested to submit progress reports of their activities to the Resident Coordinator’s Office by 28 February.

9. EMERGENCY RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

WFP Mozambique Resourcing -

Floods Emergency 2008 as of 27 February 2008 Donor Total Requirements ----- $11,288,000 CERF $998,323

SPAIN (EUR 500.000) $739,645 Acronyms: INGC (In Kind) $105,048 AIM – Mozambique News Agency USA (In Kind) $2,533,800 CENOE – Emergency Operations Centre, ITALY (EUR 200,000) $288,184 (INGC) CTGC – Technical Committee for Disaster AUSTRIA (EUR 200,000) $295,858 Management (inter-ministerial) DENMARK (DKK 1.25 million) Emergency Food Emergency $248,016 DNA – National Directorate for Water Emergency Food Subtotal: $5,208,874 EDP – Extended Delivery Point, a warehouse near distribution points at district levels. Shortfall $6,079,126 ETC – Emergency Telecommunications Cluster WFP - Immediate Response Account INE – National Institute for Statistics (IRA) Grant for Preparedness Activity, INGC – National Institute for Disaster two SETSAN-led VAC assessments Management INMA – National Meteorological Institution

Food Food $113,000 MT or mt – metric tons Secuirty Secuirty PA – Administrative Post (geo-political Assessments Subtotal: $113,000 Assessments boundary: province Æ district Æ PA) SETSAN – Technical Secretariat for Food Requirements ----- $285,652 Security and Nutrition None $0 UNAPROC – National Civil Protection Unit None $0 UNHAS – UN Humanitarian Air Service

(ETC) ETC Subtotal: $0 VAC – National Vulnerability Assessment

Telecom. Committee Emergency Emergency Shortfall $285,652

Requirements ----- $3,650,524 * CERF (Floods) $1,020,541 USAID- Rapid Response Fund $132,000 Please direct questions related to this report to Peter NORWAY $41,600 Keller-Transburg at [email protected] TNT - Corporate Partner $98,000

Logistics Multilateral Funds $600,000 Logistics Subtotal: $1,892,141 Shortfall $1,758,383

*The total requirements are higher than the amount in the sub-regional appeal ($2,569,771) due to the inclusion of additional helicopter flight hours.

N.B. WFP has received pledges for other emergency response contributions that are not yet confirmed by the donors.

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