IMozambique ibhekene nesimo esinzima futhi esinzima. Ikholera isakazeka ezweni lonke ngemuva kweNkanyamba i-Idai kanye nezisulu eziningi, ikakhulukazi izingane. IRed Cross neRed Crescent bayasebenzisana esizeni ukulwa nalesi sifo.

Izindaba zokuthi amacala okuqala abulalayo ikholera ziqinisekisiwe ku Mozambique iye yaphuthuma I-Red Cross futhi I-Crescent elibomvu imisebenzi yokuvimbela izifo emiphakathini engcupheni eye yachithwa yi Isikhukhula sithanda.

UJamie LeSueur, inhloko yokusebenza ne I-International Federation ye-Red Cross futhi Izinhlangano Ezibomvu Zezinhlanzi (I-IFRC) eBeira, wathi: "Sonke kufanele sithuthuke ngokusheshisa kakhulu ukuyeka lezi zinkinga ezihlukile ukuba zibe enye inhlekelele enkulu ngaphakathi kwenkinga eqhubekayo yeCylone Idai.

"The I-Mozambique Red Cross ne-IFRC bekulindele ingozi amanzi isifo kusukela ekuqaleni kwalesi sigameko, futhi sesivele sikwazi kahle ukubhekana nayo. Sinakho I-Unit Emergency Response Unit ukulungele ukuhlinzeka ngamanzi ahlanzekile kubantu abangu-15,000 ngosuku, futhi enye i-unit yokuphuthwa kwendle okuphuthumayo ilungele ukusekela abantu abangu-20,000 ngosuku.

"Mozambique Abavolontiya abomvu, abahlonishwa kakhulu emiphakathini, bazobe behlinzeka ngemithi yokwelapha kwamanzi, okuyinto yezindlela eziphumelelayo kakhulu zokuvimbela ukwelashwa, "kusho uLesueur.

Ezinye izinyathelo zihlanganisa ukuthunyelwa kwe-a Isibhedlela Esiphuthumayo Esiyisibungu Esibomvu, esendleleni eya eBeira futhi izofika namhlanje. Kanye nokuhlonywa ngokugcwele ukuphatha amacala ekholera futhi acute isifo sohudo, isibhedlela singanikeza ngezinsizakalo zezokwelashwa, ukunakekelwa kokubeletha kanye nokubeletha kanye nokuhlinzwa okuphuthumayo, kanye nokunakekelwa kwesineke nokuphulukiswa kweziguli okungenani abantu abangu-150,000.

I-Red Cross yaseMozambiki inamavolontiya aqeqesheke ngokukhethekile ekuphatheni ikholera abaye basabela ekuqhekekeni kwangaphambilini. Isisetshenziswa Ukwakha amaphuzu okuvuselela ngomlomo emiphakathini ethintekile kuyabanjiswa ezinsukwini ezizayo.

NgoMsombuluko 25 March, i-IFRC iphindaphindiwe ngokuphindaphindiwe isikhalazo sayo esiphuthumayo kusukela ku-10 million kuya ku-31 million amaSwiss angama-Swiss, ukusekela ukukhula okukhulu eMigodleni naseRed Crescent. Lezi zimali zizokwenza i-IFRC ikwazi ukusekela i-Mozambique Red Cross ukuba inikeze abantu be-200,000 usizo lokuphuthumayo kwamanzi, ukungcola nokuhlanzeka; indawo yokuhlala, impilo, zokuphila kanye nezinsizakalo zokuvikela ezinyangeni ezilandelayo ze-24.

I-Cyclone Idai ibulale okungenani abantu abangu-446 eMozambique futhi kulinganiselwa ukuthi iye yabathinta abanye abayizigidi ezingu-1.85, ngokusho kwe-United Nations, ebika nokuthi cishe abantu abangu-128,000 manje bahlala ezindaweni ze-154 eziseSofala, Manica, Zambezia naseTete. Izikhukhula zazihlanganisa ngaphezu kwamakhilomitha angama-3,000 amakhilomitha, ngokusho kukahulumeni waseMozambique, futhi kulinganiselwa ukuthi ziye zabhujiswa ezungeze izindlu ze-90,000 kanye nengxenye yehektha lezigidi zezwe lezolimo.