Nampula province is one of the provinces with the largest number of internally displaced people fleeing the insurgency in Cabo Delgado. And the aid that is now being distributed is not enough to feed families, say the displaced.

With the World Food Program announcing the suspension of humanitarian assistance to the more than one million internally displaced people from Cape Delegado as of this February, the National Institute for Natural Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD) in Nampula assures that there is already a plan in place for assistance, the priority of which is the most vulnerable groups.

The INGD Delegate in Nampula, Alberto Armando, told VOA, without going into quantities, that the government has already mobilized support together with other actors so that vulnerable groups are not harmed by the situation.

The suspension of humanitarian aid to the displaced by the WFP is due to a lack of funds, with 102.5 million US dollars currently needed to support the victims of the insurgency in the three northern provinces of Mozambique.

Armando also said that "from what we understand, the WFP is not sitting on its hands, it is mobilizing and making announcements based on the current situation, but the government has already received this indication and is working not to stop humanitarian assistance to the displaced."

With the shortage of resources that has been announced since last year by international partners, especially the WFP, the government has been distributing humanitarian aid to the displaced every two months, while at the same time encouraging its partners to practice agriculture and other income-generating activities so that they can be self-sufficient.

However, the authorities say that food aid for the displaced has not stopped and this week distributed food products to the displaced people living in the Rapale district of Nampula, which is home to just over 3,000 people.

Ali Assane, who lives in the Rapale district, told Voice of America that they had received 50 kg of rice, 10 kg of beans and 4 liters of oil.

He explains that "the next aid won't come until April or May."

Meanwhile, the food distribution methodology adopted by the government is being criticized by the displaced.

Américo Saela, a displaced person, wonders how it will be possible to feed a household of six people for two months with 50 kg of rice and 10 kg of beans.

It is important to note that Nampula province is one of the provinces with the largest number of internally displaced people fleeing the insurgency in Cabo Delgado - around 70,000, mostly women and children.