In the UK we experienced the havoc caused by flooding last winter. There is no doubt that for many this was a very traumatic time but the floods and their impact were relatively localised. Our colleagues in Mozambique are facing the aftermath of flooding but in their situation, several weeks after the initial storms, large areas are still facing extreme hardship.
Ian Lund, Director of Nampula administration recently sent us this update:
One of the damaged bridges in Mozambique courtesy of the BBC.
‘We in Northern Mozambique are in quite a difficult situation at the moment. Due to severe weather, bridges on the main roads to South Africa and all the main towns are down and we have been without electricity for 4 weeks in the whole of the area, which is the size of the UK. All imported food and resources come into the area on this route.
We on the SIL Nampula centre are reasonably well protected from this but our local workers are suffering with food costs doubling and food scarce. Over 120,000 people are affected and there have been 150 related deaths. On Monday we started to have electricity again but the supply is a temporary supply and a permanent solution could take 6 months to be finalised.’
Please pray for:
- Power to be permanently restored and the bridges and communications system to be fixed as soon as possible.
- Expatriate staff to know the best ways to support national workers.
- God’s provision for all who are affected and especially that lives would be protected.
The BBC has more about the storms that initially caused these problems.
