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These photographs were taken in the Sofala Province, near Beira, Mozambique, an area that experienced catastrophic flooding in January/February 2000. If you reproduce these, please use the credit line provided. On the web, we would appreciate a link back to UMCOR's Mozambique Floods Recovery page at http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/emergency/mozambiquefloods.stm. At the right of the small pictures are links to larger versions in either web (low resolution, 72 dpi, 20-50K) or printed media (high resolution, 300 dpi, 400-800K) format.
At the port in Beira, Morais Quissico, Disaster Response Coordinator for The United Methodist Church in Mozambique and June H. Kim, UMCOR's Executive Secretary of World/Hunger Poverty prepare to cross an inlet of the Indian Ocean and travel up the Buzi river to visit a community of persons displaced by the 2000 floods.
Credit: The Rev. Joio Damiao Elias, UMC Mozambique, Mozambique, December 2000
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Morais Quissico, Disaster Response Coordinator for the UMC in Mozambique, traveling along the Buzi river. The trees and shoreline are still flooded from the February 2000 floods.
Credit: June H. Kim / UMCOR, Mozambique, December 2000
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People affected by the floods wash and bathe in the Buzi River.
Credit: June H. Kim / UMCOR, Mozambique, December 2000
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People who were displaced by floods in Mozambique live in temporary housing until new homes are constructed.
Credit: June H. Kim / UMCOR, Mozambique, December 2000
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New homes built from traditional materials replace tents for residents who have had to relocate because of the floods.
Credit: June H. Kim / UMCOR, Mozambique, December 2000
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Water purified by an UMCOR-donated water purification unit is stored in this tank until it can be transported to where it is needed. The purification unit must operate where there is a source of water--in this case a well contaminated by the floods.
Credit: June H. Kim / UMCOR, Mozambique, December 2000
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Potable water is such a valuable resource in this flood devastated area that the purification unit and storage tank are protected by a fence and a guard who lives in the tent.
Credit: June H. Kim / UMCOR, Mozambique, December 2000
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UMCOR donated water purification units provide clean water for villagers displaced by the floods.
Credit: June H. Kim / UMCOR, Mozambique, December 2000
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Mozambique Annual Conference disaster response workers, villagers and local students assist with water purification and other flood relief and recovery efforts.
Credit: June H. Kim / UMCOR, Mozambique, December 2000
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Villagers and disaster response workers meet to discuss recovery efforts and the new government campaign for disaster preparedness in Mozambique.
Credit: June H. Kim / UMCOR, Mozambique, December 2000
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You can support UMCOR's response to this disaster through donations to the Churchwide Appeal for Flood Recovery in Mozambique and Neighboring Countries, Advance #156500. Checks may be dropped in United Methodist church collection plates or mailed directly to UMCOR at 475 Riverside Dr., Room 330, New York, NY 10115. Credit-card donations can be made by calling 1-800-554-8583.
Photographs of the Recovery Efforts (UMCOR, October 2000)
Photographs of the Floods and Relief Efforts (February-March 2000)
