According to the latest official data, around 700,000 people were affected, with more than 130 fatalities recorded and more than 300,000 people displaced.
More than 20 tons of material, including food, clothing and other essential goods, were collected by the Aga Khan Development Network, the Ismaili Imamat — an organization led by Prince Aga Khan — and by volunteers from the Ismaili community in Portugal and Mozambique, through a mobilization that took place in recent days with the aim of helping populations affected by the floods in the north of that country.
The products collected are the result of offers from members of the Ismaili Community and institutions that joined it for this urgent relief operation.
With the support of the network of volunteers from the Ismaili community, these goods were organized and packaged at the Ismaili Center in Lisbon, and should be distributed in that African country in a joint operation between the governments of Portugal and Mozambique.
In Mozambique, the local Ismaili community is also mobilized to help the victims of this natural disaster, which has mainly affected the north of the country, and is preparing thousands of hygiene and food kits, at a time when the number of victims of violent floods continues to increase.
According to the latest official data, around 700,000 people were affected, with more than 130 fatalities recorded and more than 300,000 people left homeless.
The Ismaili Imamat, a supranational legal entity, means the institution or office of the spiritual guide of the worldwide Ismaili community, established in accordance with applicable customary law. Founded in the year 632, it is the contemporary office of His Highness the Aga Khan V, which covers a timeline of almost 1,400 years of history and 49 successions through uninterrupted designation of direct hereditary lineage.
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is a contemporary initiative to fulfill the mandate of the Ismaili Imamat, through institutional action, in favor of improving the quality of human life. It has been present in Mozambique since 1998, to improve the quality of life of its citizens through the Aga Khan Foundation, the Aga Khan Schools and the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development.
The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) has been operating in Mozambique since 2000. It implements integrated, innovative and gender-sensitive programs in the areas of agriculture and food security; health and nutrition; employment and entrepreneurship; climate resilience; and civil society.
The programs prioritize vulnerable populations, including farmers, entrepreneurs, unemployed graduates, vulnerable women and children, internally displaced people, members of community development organizations, and health professionals and workers.
In 2024, AKF directly served more than 150 thousand people in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Niassa, Nampula and Maputo. Through its partnerships with the Government and civil society, it additionally reached more than 360 thousand and more than 500 thousand people, respectively.
