Several humanitarian organizations in Cabo Delgado province are experiencing a lack of funds to continue humanitarian assistance to thousands of displaced people, at the same time as a new wave of displacement due to recent attacks by rebel groups, several official sources said on Monday, 27.

About 18,000 people fled their homes in June following new attacks by groups linked to the Islamic State, adding to the burden on humanitarian assistance in Cabo Delgado, but without the means, several organizations have begun to launch appeals to avoid a humanitarian collapse.

"We are not now in a position to be able to respond to these new arrivals even on account of funds," Manuel Nota, coordinator of Cáritas Diocesana, which supports displaced people in Cabo Delgado, told VOA.

The official added that the organization assisted in the evacuation of thousands of displaced people from Ancuabe, who were in the village of Chiúre to two accommodation centers (Meculane and Catapua), without, however, being able to distribute food baskets.

Already in Balama the Diocesan Caritas offered shelter and supported 30 families displaced from Ancuabe with food. The organization had to divide the food it was distributing to a target group in order to assist the families who had only fled with clothing and had been without food for several days.

"It has become a great challenge, we have been receiving requests, but because we don't have and can't attend, we only regret it," stressed Manuel Nota, affirming that it was painful to have seen "so many people walking down the road with children", without being able to do anything due to lack of resources.

"A lot of funding has been coming from Europe and we have that Ukraine situation, a lot of the donors are trying to give a hand to their Ukrainian brothers, so funding to Cabo Delgado tends to decrease substantially," explained the religious, noting that it is necessary to look with urgency at the humanitarian situation in the province.

In his turn, Rui Santos, coordinator of the Makobo Platform, a social responsibility institution acting through the initiative "Coração Solidário para Cabo Delgado," observes that the new climate of insecurity frustrates the implementation of the various projects underway, especially in the component of means of subsistence to the displaced, as insecurity increases among the beneficiaries.

"Many displaced people who are in Pemba live in houses with 40, 70, 80 people, and obviously the families that receive them cannot cope with the difficulties of so many people," noted Rui Santos, foreseeing a new challenge in welcoming the new displaced people and appealing to more humanitarian organizations to assist Cabo Delgado.

"It is frustrating not to be able to guarantee this sustainability (of the implemented projects), we are very weakened by this situation of insecurity," the social activist noted.

The World Food Program (WFP) is the only humanitarian agency that is doing some intervention, in distributing non monthly "Kits" to the newly displaced to minimize the effect of the famine.