Thousands of people have been displaced because of the Cyclone.  Mozambique government estimates that 600,000 people will be affected from this cyclone, 260,000 of them children.  The consequences of this cyclone are likely to ruin schools, health facilities, damage water and sanitation infrastructure and impede access to safe water. This will heighten the chance of diseases.  

Aruminda holds her brother, Antonio at a camp set up for displaced people in Mozambique.

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With the partnership and support of the government, UNICEF provides life-saving interventions to help with women and children needs who were impacted by the Cyclone. This reaction includes health, education and protection.

Caelono, 15, holds pages of a book in an area that was flooded after Cyclone Idai made landfall in Beira.