Over the past two years, the northern province of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique has been affected by violent insurgent activity, a devastating cyclone and severe flooding with many districts inaccessible for humanitarian assistance. This has caused increased levels of food insecurity, malnutrition and an outbreak of cholera. 

Within this context it is our ambition to work with internally displaced persons (IDP) and host communities to safely return children to school, with inclusive learning environments and provision of psychosocial support for students and teachers, alongside improving the quality of education they are receiving.

We are also strengthening protection mechanisms within communities and integrating resilience building and disaster risk reduction strategies into our programming to mitigate the impact when shocks occur. As the security situation continues to deteriorate, we will leverage learnings from our work in similarly-affected North-East Nigeria to develop a community-based approach to conflict prevention strategies, ensuring that we prioritize the needs and concerns of local communities who have been affected by the violence.