Factsheet Mozambique: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
January—December 2024
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Highlights
In 2024, the UNICEF WASH programme in Mozambique achieved remarkable results. To strengthen the WASH sector institutional system UNICEF built strategic partnerships to support policy making (i.e., regulations of the newly approved Water and Sanitation Law or the National Sanitation Roadmap), sector monitoring (progress in SINAS harmonization) and capacity development (progress in capacity assessment and more than 1,000 technicians trained).
Through UNICEF-supported interventions, 151,588 people received access to improved, durable, and resilient water supply services, 87 per cent of them in rural areas. Sanitation and hygiene interventions benefited 476,527 people with at least ‘Basic’ level sanitation and hygiene services. An additional 1,315 communities in rural areas achieved Open Defecation Free (ODF) status with one additional district (11 in total) and eight administrative posts attaining ODF status. In total, 32 health care facilities (HCFs) and 84 schools received a full WASH package, with an additional 29 HCFs and 12 schools in humanitarian settings.
In the humanitarian context, a total of 468,075 people were reached with appropriate drinking water services and 56,200 people with appropriate sanitation services. The number of beneficiaries from WASH-related supply distributions was 326,261 people. Cyclone Chido made landfall in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado and Nampula provinces, on December 15, 2024, which caused significant damage, affecting over 90,000 children, and exacerbating the humanitarian needs in an area already challenged by prolonged conflict. In response, UNICEF swiftly launched WASH interventions which are still ongoing.
UNICEF continued supporting children and youth engagement in Climate and evidence generation ahead of the ongoing Nationally Determine Contribution (NDC) review. Mozambique’s national delegation to COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, was also supported. UNICEF was also at the frontline developing local adaptation plans and focusing on Disaster Risk Reduction in selected provinces prone to regular natural disasters
