APA-Maputo (Mozambique) The international community has so far provided US$100 million to assist Mozambique rebuild or rehabilitate over 21,000 houses and other infrastructure destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Freddy early this year, a senior official has announced.
Post-Cyclone Reconstruction Office (GREPOC) director Luís Mandlate told the state-run Radio Mozambique late Wednesday that the amount is part of US$700 million promised by international cooperation partners for reconstruction of infrastructure damaged by the cyclone.
He revealed that at least 3,000 houses have so far been rebuilt or rehabilitated in some of the most affected areas.
Over kilometres of roads damaged by the cyclone have also been restored, he said.
The funds would also be used to rehabilitate or reconstruct more than 4,000 classrooms.
Tropical Cyclone Freddy left a trail of destruction in Mozambique’s Nampula, Sofala and Zambezia provinces in March, destroying houses, schools, bridges, roads, communications and electricity infrastructure.
It displaced thousands of families in the affected provinces and left scores of people dead.
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