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INSTITUTIONAL
INSTITUTIONAL
MAKING
A DIFFERENCE
MOTA‐ENGIL ON THE FRONT LINE IN SUPPORT OF MOZAMBIQUE.
B etween March and April, Mozambique experienced
a major disaster with cyclones Idai and Kenneth, which devastated
a significant part of Mozambique’s territory through heavy rains and winds of up to 170 kilometres per hour.
The Idai cyclone that hit the Beira region and the interior of the provinces of Sofala and Manica on 14th March,
left the residents of Beira, the fourth largest city in the country, without power and communication lines, putting the country in a state of emergency, aggravated by cyclone Kenneth, which
appeared in late April, affecting the province of Cabo Delgado the most.
Being a catastrophe that devastated the country, Mota‐Engil felt the immediate need to support the populations in a profound sense of solidarity, since what is in question is saving human lives and supporting displaced persons and others in situations of extreme need.
IMMEDIATE SUPPORT
Mota‐Engil was one of the first private entities in Mozambique to put itself at the disposal of public institutions to
provide support to the population in any way it could.
The decision to provide this support was immediate, and publicly disclosed by Manuel Mota, CEO of Mota‐Engil Africa, when he stated that, in coordination with the local authorities, “we are carrying out works in the amount of one million euros at our own expense, as well as through the Manuel António da Mota Foundation, with products of basic necessities”, also adding, in the first hours of the event, that “we were not directly affected, but we have been in Mozambique for many years, we have emotional connections
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