MAPUTO, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Mozambique's disaster relief authorities have started to assist nearly 25,000 people who fled the terrorist attacks that took place in the first week of September in the northern province of Nampula, reported the country's largest newspaper Noticias on Monday.
The report cited Timoteo Manuel, an official from the National Institute for Disaster Risk Management and Reduction (INGD), who said the previous number of the internally displaced was more than 50,000, which has decreased after the voluntary return of many families to their areas of origin.
The assistance is made up of food and shelter kits and in a coordinated action with other partners that provide humanitarian support in Nampula province, said the report.
"It is important that the action is coordinated to avoid that the support is duplicated or dispersed. We are also carrying out the work of updating the lists since many displaced persons are returning to their areas of origin," said Manuel, quoted by Noticias.
The INGD official added that in Memba, one of the districts where the assistance took place, 100 of the 144 primary and secondary schools have already resumed classes, which were interrupted due to the attacks.
The report said that there were schools that were destroyed by terrorists, whose reconstruction needs more support. In addition, people need water, school supplies and agricultural inputs to resume normal life, according to the report. ■