Beriniha Mikanzo fills a jug at a water hole outside of Tchinda village in Mozambique. The water hole dries up after the rainy season. MCC and the Christian Council of Mozambique helped the community build a sand dam to provide water during dry months. 

Araujo Moriane of the Christian Council of Mozambique stands on the sand dam at Thangera village. 

A new sand dam stands outside of Tchinda, Mozambique. Find out more about sand dams and other MCC water projects at the MCC water page. 

While water shortages trouble much of Mozambique, flooding is also a problem. Recent flooding on the Zambezi river destroyed crops and displaced residents in the town of Caia, where Pastor Fernando Sozinho leads a church. 

Flooding caused people to relocate to the Nhambala 2 resettlement camp near Caia, Mozambique. MCC is helping to provide plastic sheeting for camp residents. 

Children at the Nhambala 2 resettlement camp. 

A woman carries a basket on her head in the Daf neigborhood of Caia, Mozambique. 

Young women grind millet in Tchinda, a village that recently built a sand dam with help from MCC and the Christian Council of Mozambique. 

Children and teachers play a game at the preschool on the grounds of the Anglican Church in Chimoio, Mozambique. MCC is supporting Anglican preschools in more than a dozen communities. 

Teacher Carlitos Lucas works with Sara Lucas (middle), Grecy das Dores (left), and Dalila Bene (right), in their preschool class in Chimoio, Mozambique. 

Caitano Manico (background), Anita Domingo (middle) and Marta Domingo (foreground), listen during class in Sena, Mozambique. 

Maria Jose washes her face with a bucket of water at a well in the Daf neighborhood of Caia.