On 3 April the World Food Programme (WFP) began deploying two Sherps, all-terrain amphibious vehicles with a capacity of 1,000 kilos of cargo, in Mozambique, delivering food aid to areas unreachable by other means. It said that by 8 April it had reached 717,000 people with aid assistance, out of the 1.8 million Mozambicans affected by Cyclone Idai. The WFP intends to assist 1.7 million who need emergency food assistance. Many have lost everything: homes, belongings, crops and livelihoods. Needs assessments will determine who to prioritise. The BBC World Service radio reported on 22 April that aid is also now being delivered to inaccessible places by drones. Please continue to pray for the thousands of desperate families in remote locations, still existing solely on the provision of aid from abroad.
Mozambique: amphibious aid delivery vehicles
Written by David Fletcher 25 Apr 2019Additional Info
- Pray: for all who lost loved ones to cholera and floods to have their needs met. (Lamentations 3:56)
- More: www.ntnews.com.au/news/national/wfp-uses-amphibious-aid-delivery-vehicles-in-mozambique/video/f3d84f88b2ba2a8f9c2c5fa36f00ab51
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