United Nations Photo - Cyclones Idai and Kenneth in Mozambique.

Headline Mozambique Recovers after Cyclones Idai and Kenneth

Caption Description Hortênsia Arnaldo Abreu Júlio, 26, and her three kids are one of the families who are not returning to their old home in Mataquari, a neighborhood in Beira.
Her house was completely destroyed. “I have nothing left to go back for”, she says.
She has been given a permanent place to live in the Mutuzi Mandruzi camp, some 40 minutes north of Beira, along with other 375 families. They live in tents given by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, International Organization for Migration, IOM, and other partners. Many come from villages that flood constantly and were deemed no longer safe to live.
Hortênsia’s three kids are having classes again at the camp supported by the UN, but she worries that it is not ""a permanent school"", where they’ll get a certificate for their studies and progress in classes. Her tent is perfectly organized, with a division in the middle and clothes perfectly folded and organized.
This photograph is part of a series of images made in the days leading up to the arrival of Secretary-General António Guterres in Mozambique. Mr. Guterres visited the country to take stock of the recovery efforts in the areas impacted by cyclones Idai and Kenneth, which hit just a few weeks apart in March and April 2019.
More than 600 people perished during Idai alone; the effects of the two cyclones combined left approximately 2.2 million people in need of assistance. The United Nations and its humanitarian partners have since been on the ground supporting the Government’s efforts - assisting through contributing to the coordination of international support, distributing food, drinking water and medicine, and providing shelter to those displaced.

Unique Identifier UN744553

NICA ID 814310

Production Date 07/08/2019 7:43:54 AM

City/Location Mandruzi

Country Mozambique

Credit UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe