Many in London saw the shocking news report on Friday 12 March on BBC News at 10 on the deteriorating situation in Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique. The link to the film report can be viewed here.
The human cost of the Insurgency, with the number of Internally Displaced People rising to almost 700,000, is incalculable. Many have witnessed the horror and arrive further south traumatised. The majority, an estimated 90 per cent (with the other 10 per cent in camps) are staying with relatives and friends in vastly swollen households so there is real pressure on food supplies with hunger predicted. There have been incidences of cholera too.
On Saturday 13 March our partner Bishop, Bishop Manuel Ernesto, who is Bishop of the Missionary Diocese of Nampula (which covers the northernmost provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula) was interviewed by BBC News Africa, which can be viewed online.
Since 16 March, Save the Children published their report with the shocking headline “Young as 11 brutally murdered in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, as conflict intensifies”, read the report here. It was was also covered in today’s Guardian Newspaper (17 March).
We ask you to hold Bishop Manuel Ernesto, our partner Bishop in the Missionary Diocese of Nampula, which covers the two northern Provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula, and his team in your prayers. They seek to minister to the huge number of internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) in Pemba and Nampula cities and many smaller towns, as well as those in IDP camps.
ALMA has sent £7,000 and £2,000 for mosquito nets, to help local churches minister to IDPs in their midst with essentials and also, listening support as IDPs share their stories. We are aware this is so little in face of the enormity of the challenge and are thankful for the UN agencies and others working in the region
In January, Bishop Manuel spoke at a Zoom ALMA Meeting, where he shared with the attendees the three major challenges his diocese faces:
This is available as a podcast and may be something you can share in your churches. This can be found here.
The ALMA team post regular updates on the Cabo Delgado Insurgency on our Twitter Feed at @ALMALondonD and on Facebook ALMA London and they will share more in the Spring Newsletter available via Mailchimp newsletter. Please do sign up for the Subscribe link.
Bishop Rob travelled to Mozambique this month, to celebrate the inauguration of the new province IAMA (Igreja Anglicana de Mocambique e Angola).
The Diocese of London has signed an agreement with the Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola to renew the partnership covenant for a further 10 years.
The Diocese of London joins Angola in mourning the loss of the former President José Eduardo dos Santos.
The Church in Angola and Mozambique is being blessed with a period of significant growth. Bishop Rob and Bishop Sarah outline the changes in a video message.
The 2020 Lent Appeal raised £52,000, enabling our partner dioceses in Africa to purchase four second-hand trucks.
Our Diocesan Partners in Mozambique and Angola became an autonomous Province of the Anglican Communion, at service led by Archbishop Justin
The Archdeacon of Hampstead captured some moments celebrating our diocesan partnership with Angola and Mozambique
An update about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Cabo Delgado.
Podcast by the bishop? National eucharist streamed on Facebook Live? I wonder which of the five dioceses of the ALMA Partnership we might …
Could you feature the ALMA appeal in your service on Sunday 19 July?
