Water closed over my head. I called on your name, O God, from the depths. In late January a tropical depression hit Mozambique, spreading through the four central provinces, where rain has fallen at above normal levels ever since. The system spread inland to Zambia and Malawi, and this water too has been draining back down to Mozambique. The flooding has been the worst in those areas since at least 1976.
Flooding is most severe in the Zambezi river basin.
The water levels are only very slowly descending. The appeal is in conjunction with the Lutheran World Federation Mozambique and the Presbyterian Church of Mozambique. Much of this is already committed by CCM partners Christian Aid and the Mennonite Central Committee . CCM has been working since late January in flood relief with 12,000 families in the districts of Inhassunga, Mopeia, Nicoadala, Namacurra and Quelimane city in Zambezia province, and Caia and Marromeu in Sofala province. They have distributed thousands of survival kits which consist of water filters, filtered water, chlorine water purification packages, plates, cups, soap, salt, and clothing.