Project News

The target site of this project, Beira City, a capital city of Sofala Province in Mozambique, was hit by Cyclone Idai in March 2019 and suffered from strong winds and torrential rains. This disaster severely damaged houses and public facilities such as schools and hospitals and also destroyed the infrastructure that people used to make their livelihoods. In schools, it has been difficult to operate as usual due to the extensive damage to roofs, windows, and walls of buildings. Receiving official request from the government of Mozambique, the project is going to conduct repair work on school buildings damaged by the cyclone and construction of new buildings in 2021. To provide a comfortable learning environment for students until the school is reconstructed, temporary classrooms (tents) have been set up, and tarps (durable waterproof sheets) have been applied to make up for roofs that were blown off by the cyclone.

Setting Up Temporary Classrooms

Fifteen temporary rooms have been installed in this school.

Lighting and ventilation measures are well considered in temporary classrooms.

Students learning in the classroom.

The installation of temporary tents has enabled more students to attend classes.

Temporary Roof Repair with Tarps

(before emergency construction work): As the roof of the school was blown away, students cannot take classes as usual due to strong sunlight and rain coming into the classroom directly.

(after the emergency construction work): The classrooms are covered with tarps, which prevents sunlight and rain from coming into the classrooms directly. Students can now take lessons in a comfortable environment. In this school, temporary tarps have been applied to the four classroom buildings.

(after emergency construction work): Bird’s-eye view of the elementary school

Message from the School Principal

The school principal commented for the emergency construction work as follows:

"The emergency construction work conducted by the JICA project has provided a better environment for students and teachers. The stable learning spaces protected from strong sunshine, wind, and rain have improved the learning environment and made students' school lives more pleasant than before. We hope that the upcoming new construction and renovation work to make disaster-resilient school buildings will be successful as well."

Students full of energy and smiles.

Elementary schools are currently closed due to the effects of the COVID-19. The JICA project team hopes to see students' smiles coming back to school again soon.