Mozambique is reeling from multiple crises, with conflict, displacement, drought, cyclones and social unrest affecting millions of people across the country.

Preliminary numbers indicate that a record 5 million people are food insecure and need urgent support.

Drought has upended the lives of more than 3 million people in central and southern provinces. At the same time, escalating violence in northern Mozambique has displaced 715,000 people, while cyclones Chido, Dikeledi and Jude have affected 1.4 million people.

Even before the dramatic uptick in violence, Cabo Delgado Province had the highest rates of chronic malnutrition in Mozambique, with more than half of children under 5 affected.

The World Food Programme (WFP) delivered life-saving food assistance to 2.1 million people in 2024, though our support had to be reduced to 520,000 people due to lack of funding. 

WFP urgently requires US$147 million to deliver life-saving assistance up to October 2025.

What the World Food Programme is doing to respond to the Mozambique emergency

Northern emergency response
WFP continues to provide food assistance to the most vulnerable people, but with a reduced frequency due to reduced funding. School meals, acute malnutrition treatment and income-generating agricultural activities will continue. A vulnerability-based targeting exercise is in place to ensure the most vulnerable people are not left behind.
El Niño drought response
WFP has delivered emergency food assistance to 250,000 people, nutrition support to 130,000 women and children, and take-home rations for 6,600 schoolchildren in the central and southern provinces.
Cyclone season
The 2024/2025 cyclone season has been particularly severe in Mozambique, as three cyclones (Chido, Dikeledi and Jude) severely hit central and northern provinces and affected around 1.4 million people. WFP activated anticipatory measures in affected provinces, in partnership with the Government, to mitigate the impact of droughts and cyclones. This included early-warning messages and providing food and cash. Afterwards, WFP deliver emergency food assistance to people affected. WFP can only continue supporting 118,000 people over the third trimester of the year – just a quarter of the target – with needs on the ground far exceeding resources.

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