After two cyclones struck Mozambique in March and April, villagers left without aid have welcomed relief from Christian organisations.
Chief Antonio in one village said: ‘I would like to say to Barnabas Fund that you are so welcome here in our village and we thank you for this help! Since the disaster, no one has physically arrived in our area to help us until you came. Your food is a gift of life for our elderly and the orphans in our area. There are still so many villages in the surrounding area needing help. We pray that God will continue to send people like yourself to these areas to continue to help!’
A personal account
Rosa lived on her own in a small mud hut, growing her own food and keeping chickens. She had no other livelihood. When flood-waters surged through her village at night, rising to chest high, she thought she was going to drown. She survived, but her house was destroyed along with all her belongings – her blanket, clothes, cooking pots, food stores and chickens. The maize crop she was growing was also completely destroyed.
