BEIRA - Rescue teams from South African NGO the Gift of the Givers have moved from the Beira Airport to inland areas of Mozambique to take relief aid to smaller communities that have been left strande
d without fresh water and food for more than a week. Some areas have not yet received aid because supplies were sent to locations where thousands of families were stationed in the immediate aftermath of the cyclone.
Gift of the Givers’ Grant Tyson said: “We’ve got 11 vehicles. We’ve pulled in a huge big trailer called our mobile command post. From there we can run our operations with activities to the air to monitor where our vehicles are.”WATCH: Cyclone Idai: A call for help A green four-man tent with an extension filled with medical supplies has been stationed approximately 50 metres from a football field where helicopters have been landing.
With the death toll from Cyclone Idai passing 750 human, organisations in Mozambique are continuing rescue and relief operations further inland where smaller communities are stranded.
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