She observed that In many disaster exposed locations, there was a reluctance to spend the “extra dollar” on resilience despite the fact that in the life-time of any given project, $4 will be saved in avoiding future losses.  The private sector needed to engage in a more risk-informed manner.

Mr. Franciso Pereira, executive director of the Government’s reconstruction authority, told the FT Summit that the poor who lived in Beira and neighboring districts were the worst affected by the loss or damage to 300,000 houses and rebuilding has not yet started.

Speaking to UNDRR, he said that “unfortunately it is difficult to get partners to support housing. Only about $42 million has been committed so far and that’s less than 10% of the needs.

The Government originally appealed for US$3.2 billion for the post-cyclone reconstruction but only US$1.3 billion has been pledged and this is being disbursed on a project by project basis.

Mr. Pereira said $US 700 million dollars is needed for resilient infrastructure including roads, telecom, electricity, water and sanitation.

Date:

11 Sep 2019

Sources:

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa (UNDRR AF)

Themes:

Advocacy & Media

Hazards:

Cyclone

Countries:

Mozambique

Regions:

Africa