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Aid groups struggle to attract donors as floods devastate Mozambique
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The Independent
Read our Privacy noticeAid agencies are struggling to attract donors to support the humanitarian response to devastating floods in Mozambique, which in recent days have flooded more than 150,000 homes and killed at least 22 people.
But according to Gaspar Sitefane, the director of WaterAid Mozambique, aid budgets being decimated over the past year has left a very different situation.
“Additional funding is urgently needed to sustain and scale up the humanitarian response,” said OCHA in its humanitarian update.
Yet they are the ones losing their lives, homes and livelihoods.”open image in gallery A home that has been destroyed by the floods in Mozambique.
“We need grant-based aid not just for vaccinations and to treat things like malnutrition , but also to fund climate resilience,” he said.