One of them might be to make attempts not to separate mothers from their children, and just train pilots a bit to take a mother with their child rather than just take a child. Aid workers take snapshots of the unaccompanied children to try to reunite them with their parents or guardians. Recognizing the need to reunite children with their families, the Spanish Red Cross has plans to begin assisting the Mozambique Red Cross to prepare for family tracing activities and a delegate has arrived from Pretoria, South Africa to offer additional assistance. The flooding has displaced a quarter of a million people, and the death toll from the floods could reach into the thousands. One hundred tons of aid is being distributed daily.
Shelter is also a priority.
A four-member ARC team was deployed to the region to help distribute relief supplies and to assess the affected areas to determine what the immdediate needs are. And while relief agencies provide them with food, water and medical care, many of the frightened children wait patiently for their parents to come and find them in the camps.