Tales from Begaja - a year after Cyclone Idai

Survivors recount their losses after the 2019 flood that followed Cyclone Idai and inspire with stories of new beginnings, one year laterCyclone Idai tore through central Mozambique in March 2019. Thousands of lives were lost during the cyclone and subsequent flooding. Rural villages, abundant with life, were washed away in an instant. With little information regarding these unmapped villages available, their suffering and grief, let alone existence, remain unknown to most of the outside world.

João Xavier Beijo, Begaja’s appointed chief, describes the daunting feeling of helplessness among his people after the previous year’s flooding. She survived the civil war, which took place between 1977 and 1992, and had raised her only child while facing severe drought conditions. Fatima Bernardo’s voice cracks with emotion as she recounts the loss she suffered one year ago during the flood.

“After the floods things are changing a little, we are trying to recover our huts to hide from the sun and rain. The big challenges are the lack of hospital and drinking water. We are going through difficult times because we need more support. I live with my three children and I have no husband, I am divorced,” Bernado says while seated outside her home. Bernado, like many other residents of Begaja, relies on food deliveries by NPOs.

As floodwater subsided, Jose didn't go on to “standby”. Hearing rumours of a nearby rescue team, he rode his bicycle along a 10km path of mud and water to Estaquinha.

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