International Non-Governmental Organizations operating in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, in the regions affected by terrorism, say that the lack of resources for humanitarian actions has been the cause of successive interruptions in aid provision.
The information was advanced in a press release from the group of NGOs led by Save the Children, which is on the ground monitoring the situation.
“The humanitarian response in Cabo Delgado is seriously underfunded, and we see this in our day-to-day field work”, said the release. “The situation in Cabo Delgado is challenging, despite the progress made with the coordination and leadership of the Mozambican government. Humanitarian services are often interrupted due to lack of funds or resources, which forces only onetime interventions”.
The shortage of funds forces humanitarian organizations to interrupt their efforts to meet the needs of the affected populations. “The basic needs are neither met nor satisfied”, added the document.
“Data confirms that by the end of June, the Humanitarian Response Plan was 19 per cent funded, having received 73 million dollars. Funding imbalances persist with three clusters reporting zero per cent funding”, the release stressed.
Due to the challenges, the Group says it cannot effectively meet the basic needs of communities in crisis “a situation that puts Cabo Delgado at risk of being forgotten, since the crisis has already lasted for five years.”
However, despite this negative scenario, the NGOs pledge that they will continue to fight to send specialized humanitarian teams with recognized experience in other complex emergencies from other parts of the world in other to improve the quality of the response on the ground.