Chokwé
The water
level lowered slightly in the area but the day got off to a bad start, with
reports only improving towards the end of the day. Our Local Partner in SVP
Sister Neuza suffered from very poor health and was evacuated to Maputo. Our
local technician and uni student Hilario spent 3 days on the roof of his house,
wounded after saving people from being dragged by the heavy waters. His
sister, alongside him on the roof, was finally able to fetch some fresh water
as the water level started lowering. Despite the acuteness of his wound and all
our efforts, at the time of this report it had still been impossible to bring
him medical assistance through either water barges or air support. 
Orphan
Centre CRPE
It was an
exhausting day for our UPG Volunteers on the grounds supporting the local
communities. Control over water supply and distribution of foodstuff remained
the priority. It is still not
possible to arrive to the Chinavane area.
Santa
Luisa Marillac
We
received the first reports from SLM, where our Local Partner Sister Lidia and
the other Sisters were out of contact for 2 days. They have taken refuge in the
Carmelo Hospital as SLM school was completely submersed. Tomorrow they will try
to reach Manjangue and the SLM school area to assess the damage inflicted by
the floods and start their support to the community.
Brother
Licinio from CRPE
Brother
Licinio continues indefatigable in his attempts to provide relief to the
population who has sheltered at the CRPE centre. He procured water, green beans
and other foodstuff as well as fuel in the city. His efforts have been
fruitless given the travel situation as most roads remain shut and no access
has been possible to the Chinhacanine area. We have been notified he will
attempt to deliver this cargo again tomorrow but the remaining open roads are
either closing or completely blocked with heavy traffic.
Xai-Xai/Escolinha
do Andre
Sister
Beta has been able to access part of our Emergency Funds already. Her team has
been looking out for children since Wednesday as many have missed school to
help their families take the water out of their houses. In our Escolinha do
Andre school, meals are under constant preparation for the children attending
school. The Sister is also preparing a small shelter centre with makeshift beds
for the families of the children under ALG’s programme that are currently
sleeping in the street.
It is
early days to assess the damage to the school and the families but Sister Berta
has undertaken to visit all the refuge hubs to find the children from the
Escolinha and help on an individual basis.
Our
sister charity UPG is making efforts to redirect their local volunteers in
Chongoene towards the areas with more urgent need of support, over the next
days and once the travel situation improves.
Update on
ALG Emergency Appeal
A Little
Gesture UK and our sister-charity Um
Pequeno Gesto Portugal launched yesterday an urgent appeal for emergency
funds. Together we have raised £3’000 towards our Emergency Appeal.
We thank
you for your efforts and continue to ask for your support in raising awareness
and donating funds towards this catastrophe.
Local
Support and Donations
Our
network of ALG Friends in Maputo is currently getting organized to donate
foodstuff and essential supplies locally. We are in the process to arrange a
reliable transport route as soon as the travel situation is more stabilised. We
will keep you posted on this subject and how to help locally should you have a
presence in Maputo.
Help our emergency appeal by making your donation here
Every Little
Gesture Counts!
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