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DAM SYNCHRONISATION AND FLOOD RELEASES IN THE ZAMBEZI RIVER BASIN: ANNEX 4 OF FINAL REPORT
Table G.1: Estimated number of people in refuge camps in 2007in Caia and Mopeia District (Mozambican
Government et al. 2007)
Zambezi province
Sofala province
Mopeia district 16,870 Caia District 51,823
Chimuara Noere 683 Tchetcha 2300
Nhacatundo 4,060 Namacherene 346
24 de Julho 2,065 Mapalane 325
Zona verde 4,294 Mpfumo Domingus 385
Bras 575 Magagade 319
Nzanza Sede 405 Sede DAF 1386
Namirere 1332 Zimbabwe 554
Valeta 809 Chandimba 1585
Mopeia Kalangana 512 Nhambalo 14390
Ambrosio 2135 Nhambalo 21892
Mfumo Conkho 488
Chipuazo 300
Chiramba 2232
Njezera 1955
Marra 1205
Murraca Sapanda Muanaleza 579
Mfumo Inacio / Bingala Lole 264
Sapanga Macruzo 345
Nhacuecha 973
Table G.1: Estimated number of people in refuge camps in 2007in Caia and Mopeia District
(Mozambican Government et al. 2007)Table G. shows an estimate of the number of people that
stayed in refugee camps in Caia and Mopeia district. Specifically for the area around Caia
(Mozambican government et al., 2007) recommended the following improvements in terms of
emergency relief:
1. Increase aid efforts: latrines, shelter, mosquito nets, soap and food.
2. More community involvement
3. Accommodation centres should have been better equipped with basic infrastructure prior to
the crisis, since floods are recurrent in these areas.
In the operational report on the 2007 flood (Government of Mozambique et al. 2007) it is further
mentioned that “Many of the accommodation centres were set up during the 2001 floods and were later
designated as permanent resettlement centres, where health and education facilities have since been established.
Some tension has been reported – particularly around Caia – between people who moved to these resettlement
centres after 2001 and people displaced by the current disaster. While their houses have been largely untouched by
the floods, residents of the resettlement centres have still been affected and also feel that they should benefit from the
emergency assistance being provided to the newly displaced.” This shows that flood risk zoning in terms of
settlement has already been taking place to some extent.
No additional data were available on the vulnerability levels of people in the area. But the area is
generally poor to very poor.
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