The government continues to mobilize financial resources to rebuild infrastructure destroyed by terrorists in the central and northern districts of Cabo Delgado province.
The assurance was given by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Verónica Macamo, who last week worked in the district of Mocímboa da Praia, leading a delegation of Mozambican diplomats accredited abroad.
The delegation traveled to Cabo Delgado after participating in the X Coordinating Council of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MINEC), to see "in loco" the level of destruction of public infrastructures and others due to the terrorists' actions.
In Awasse, a point climbed by the delegation, Veronica Macamo interacted with a considerable number of people who have recently returned to the village after security was normalized by the Defense and Security Forces (DSF), in partnership with Rwanda and the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
"The government is working to restore the beauty of this land by rebuilding all the infrastructure destroyed by the insurgents. To that end, accredited ambassadors from friendly countries have come here with me to see with their own eyes the level of destruction caused by the terrorists during their time here," Verónica Macamo told Notícias.
The minister said that taking Mozambican diplomats to Cabo Delgado will make it easy for partners to support the reconstruction program designed by the government. "They will speak with knowledge of the suffering to which our people are consigned because they have seen with their own eyes the destruction," she added.
During the journey of about 50 kilometers, from the district headquarters of Mocímboa da Praia to Awasse, the delegation saw people returning to their villages, which they had abandoned more than three years ago due to the attacks, and there are cases of families who are rebuilding their homes.
Also as part of the support to restore the life of the population in the central and northern regions of Cabo Delgado, Verónica Macamo handed the provincial authorities a check for 3,750 thousand meticais resulting from contributions by MINEC officials, including national ambassadors accredited abroad.
In addition to the monetary value, MINEC supported the displaced in goods, with emphasis on equipment for the biochemistry laboratory valued at seven million meticais, school desks at a price of 750 thousand meticais, among others.
The terrorist attacks acting since late 2017 have caused more than two thousand deaths and more than 850,000 displaced people. They have also destroyed private and public infrastructure in almost every village in the districts of Palma, Mocímboa da Praia, Macomia, Quissanga, Muidumbe, and Nangade. In the district headquarters of these points, no public infrastructure escaped the insurgents' onslaughts.