![]() ![]() “ Although far from home, life has returned to some degree of normalcy. Two years after arriving in Metuge, Ancha, and her daughters have found new hope, livelihoods, and ways to integrate into the community with help from the World Bank, the Government of Mozambique, and other partners. Civil registration for people displaced by conflict Displaced, paperless, and jobless, Ancha and many others have struggled to rebuild their lives in a foreign place. Many have lost their families, homes, and livelihoods. Hundreds of thousands across the volatile region face severe hunger and recurrent epidemics. When they finally reached safety, they moved into one of the five relocation sites for internally displaced persons in Metuge District, on the city’s outskirts.Īncha is among the 800,000 people displaced by the ongoing violent conflict in Northern Mozambique over the past five years. “We spent four days on a crowded boat, leaving everything behind: our clothes, belongings, and documents,” she says sadly. Ancha and her girls fled from Mocímboa da Praia District in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado to Pemba, the provincial capital, around 200 km away. ![]() That would be the last time Ancha would see her husband. Metuge, June 2023–When an armed group began attacking their coastal village in the middle of the night, Ancha Issufo and her three teenage daughters were forced to flee by sea. ![]()
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