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Food Shortage in Mozambique 
The Tete Province in the North-Western part of Mozambique has been hit with acute food shortages caused by a combination of factors such as the flooding of the Zambezi River, which washed away most of the expected harvest, persistent droughts and the destruction of fields by wild animals. The little food supply available and the high demand for it, fuelled by traders from neighbouring Zimbabwe as well, saw prices for basic food commodities sky-rocketing, and thus become unaffordable for most people.
The attempts of the government and other NGOs still leave large gaps in an urgent effort to keep thousands of families alive. Unfortunately some areas already had to report the first losses of family members due to malnutrition. Others are currently eating only one meal or less per day , often supplemented by poisonous, or hazardous roots, leaves and grasses. Helping Hands Africa would like to intervene and bring relief consisting of maize, beans, salt and cooking oil to 500 selected families in the Tete province for a period of three months, ensuring that about 4.000 persons will have three meals per day. |