Building with resilience: One year after Cyclone Dineo, CARE ensures better school structures for thousands of students
April 12, 2018
(MAPUTO, 5 April 2018) - Following the devastating impact of Cyclone Dineo in February 2017, CARE Mozambique, in cooperation with the government of Inhambane province, recently completed the rebuilding of 163 classrooms for more than 14,000 students. CARE also repaired nine of the province’s most severely damaged health centers, serving approximately 120,000 people. February 15 marked the one-year anniversary of Cyclone Dineo, which caused havoc in Inhambane affecting more than 550,000 people. Across the province, an estimated 1,600 classrooms were damaged or completely destroyed, affecting 5,500 teachers and 160,000 students. Immediately