The United Nations launched an Inter-Agency Appeal on 7 March 2001 to meet some of the needs expressed in the Government appeal. The requirements set out in the Inter-Agency Appeal amounted to US$10,743,751.

OCHA

• At its Geneva Headquarters, OCHA created a web site for the Mozambique floods, set up a financial tracking page for donations to Mozambique and issued regular situation reports on Mozambique. Moreover, it mobilised funds in support of the UN inter-agency appeal which included emergency coordination.
• The Office of the Resident Coordinator liased directly with OCHA and established the Emergency Coordination Unit within the Office of the Resident Coordinator. The Unit was comprised of internationally and locally recruited emergency specialists and UNVs who were placed as: provincial teams in Beira (with INGC, J-LOC, and WFP), Quelimane (with Save the Children), Caia (with WFP), Chimoio (with INGC), Tete (with INGC) and Maputo (with INGC) and; as coordinators for the data/information, communications, and public relations/media UN emergency clusters. All team members assisted UN Agencies, INGC and NGO partners to gather information, assess needs, disseminate information and formulate a coordinated response. At the emergency operations hub in Beira, the OCHA team, with its UN agency focal points, was located at the airport alongside the J-LOC and INGC operations offices. The WFP sub-office in Beira was key in setting-up operations.
• In collaboration with the UNDMT, the Resident Coordinator's Office provided daily situation reports, mapping, emergency cluster meetings, daily updated website with weather, river and dam levels, UNDMT member reports, cyclone tracking, situation reports, reporting to donors and Government, etc. The Resident Coordinator called the UNDMT together for weekly meetings in Maputo while the Sofala team with INGC and partners held daily meetings in Beira to coordinate the emergency response in the four affected provinces.
• The UN OCHA Emergency Relief Coordinator in Geneva, Mr. Ross Mountain, visited Mozambique from 5 to 7 March 2001 to review the relief efforts under way.

WFP

• Acted as the lead UN agency coordinating the UN Logistics Cluster and thus giving direct support to the UN family, especially UNICEF and FAO by facilitating warehousing and shipment of food and non-food items including medicines, water and sanitation supplies, and seeds and tools, as well as assisting partners with office space, equipment and staff support. This support was especially important for the OCHA and INGC staff in Beira where coordination was essential. WFP also opened two additional operational hubs in Caia and Quelimane which are still functioning, and served the UN System as UN focal point in both Sofala and Tete provinces in the emergency initial phases until the arrival of OCHA staff.
• WFP and UNICEF headed the UN Assessment Cluster's formulation and piloting of emergency data gathering instruments in close consultation with OCHA, USADI, DFID and NGOs, especially the DEC group.
• Provided staff to set up a Joint Logistics Coordination Centre (JLOC) in Beira, the capital of Sofala province and the centre of coordination for the humanitarian programme. At its peak, the JLOC was operating with 20 aircraft, including the two Mozambican military Mi 8s, two Puma helicopters financed by DFID, a Puma and a Buffalo fixed-wing aeroplane chartered by WFP, a Cessna Caravan funded by USAID, two Puma and two BK117 helicopters, two Casas and a Caravan from the South African Air Force and five aircraft from Air Serv. WFP managed the fleet and contributed $2.5 million for air operations through the end of April. WFP also hired barges and boats to transport beans, rice and high-energy biscuits for Beira, Quelimane, Mutarara, Marromeu, Chinde and other locations to supplement stocks especially in isolated areas and with local partners, notably the Sena Sugar Company. Remaining transport space was used for water, sanitation, and shelter materials from UNICEF.
• Established the first requirements for field communications for the UN System and partners including installation of repeaters, e-mail, HF radio installations, and emergency hub and travel linkages on common frequencies. The OCHA Communications Coordinator then worked with WFP and UNDP to ensure proper installation, maintenance, and information to partners, including INGC.
• Established a technical working group on food requirements to arrive at a consolidated picture of food needs. Technical working groups were formed in the Ministries of Health, Education, Public Works and Housing. Government, and UN agencies, donors led these groups and NGOs take part together.
• WFP has been feeding some 230,000 displaced persons in 65 temporary accommodation centres in the four affected provinces. Until end-May, about 8,000 tonnes of mixed food commodities have been distributed by ten different implementing partners.

UNICEF

• Coordinated the UN family's assessment and response in the area of water and sanitation and was asked by Government in late March to provide overall co-ordination of the sector.
• Led the UN Education Cluster and was a joint coordinator of the Assessment Cluster with WFP and OCHA. In addition, was a member of the Logistics, Shelter and Public Information Clusters.
• Assisted WHO to coordinate the UN Health Cluster
• In collaboration with WFP, formulated and piloted needs assessment forms for emergency data gathering and analysis
• Provided emergency staff as part of Sofala and Zambezia UN team operations
• Provided malaria drugs sufficient to treat one million people, and sent teams into the field in the affected areas to conduct public awareness campaigns on health and hygiene.
• Provided support to the Ministry of Health for campaigns to control measles and meningitis through vaccinations and for Vitamin-A supplements and helped with training Government health staff in Zambezia, Sofala and Tete provinces in the prevention and case management of diarrhoea and cholera.
• Supported the provision of clean water in the temporary accommodation centres, by supplying water treatment equipment, bladders, tap stands and chlorine.
• Through partner NGOs, distributed jerry cans, buckets and soap, as well as 32,000 latrine slabs and plastic sheeting for shelter. About 11,000 latrines have been installed so far, benefiting 220,000 people.
• NGO activists were training in hygiene promotion in the accommodation centres.
• Supported nutritional surveys, and subsequent preparation of a 4-month blanket supplementary feeding programme to cover 66,000 people, including children (6 months to 5 years), pregnant women and nursing mothers. Technical and financial assistance will be provided to implement the programme.
• Supported a social marketing campaign to promote the use of insecticide treated bed nets, 45,000 of which were procured for distribution to the accommodation centres.
• To assist children return to school as quickly as possible, UNICEF (through Save the Children UK) supported the Ministry of Education to distribute school kits (60,294) and writing boards, as well as family kits to affected teachers.
• Supplied 60 tents to the Ministry of Education for use as temporary classrooms in accommodation centres and where school buildings were destroyed.
• Telecommunications and logistics support for UN and Government partners.

FAO

• Funded by OCHA, FAO is assisting the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's Emergency Coordination Unit (UCEA), which is set to become a permanent structure.
• With FAO technical support, UCEA prepared weekly updates of numbers of affected families and areas lost as a result of permanent field assessments.
• FAO and MARD called for a donor meeting in early March with the objective of funding agricultural kits to be provided to affected families. The meeting was successful and total coverage for the number of affected farming families was obtained.
• Up to 80,000 households benefited from the distribution of seeds and tools to plant a second season crop. FAO provided agricultural kits for 30,500 households, with funds from Italy. The kits were distributed by various NGOs based in the affected districts of Tete, Manica, Sofala and Zambezia provinces in coordination with local authorities.

UNV

• Recruited four volunteers each for OCHA and WFP, as well as seconding many others to tasks in the emergency relief operations.
• Provided equipment and logistics support to start the coordination centre in Beira.
• Funding volunteers to work with the Mozambique Red Cross in the temporary accommodation centres.

WHO

• Coordinated the UN Health Cluster.
• Provided technical specialists for malaria, cholera, and malnutrition assessments and action planning in collaboration with UNICEF ensuring that sufficient medicines were made available in country. Provided $83,420 of additional assistance for medicine kits and supported operational costs of the assessments.
• Provided insecticides (ICON) for shelter spraying in the accommodation centres.
• Supported IEC action plan for emergency diseases of Ministry of Health.
• UN health focal point in the INGC's health technical committee.

UNDP

• Coordinated the UN Cluster for Shelter partnering with the Mozambican Red Cross and the Ministry of Public Works.
• Seconded staff to serve as food, communications, and coordination emergency staff for WFP and OCHA.
• Supported the UNV office to ensure quick and appropriate UNV selection, secondment, and placement through a $100,000 grant.
• Ensured vehicle and equipment secondment and pooling for immediate emergency response needs.