The year 2000 was a disastrous and
traumatic year in the history of
Mozambique due to the excessive
flooding that exceeded the 1: 100
year return period. Most of the major
rivers in the southern part of the
Country were bursting their banks
with excessive damage caused to
infrastructure.
The ESA management staff took
part and worked very closely with the
roads authority (ANE -
Administraçoã National de
Estradas) to assess the damage
and drafted Emergency Repair
Contracts with funding obtained
from various donors i.e. World Bank,
DFID etc. The ESA staff have
supervised many of these projects
and also later took part in some of
the permanent repair works.
The ESA staff have the experience
and knowledge of materials and
resources to assist with Disaster
Management linked to infrastructure
repair or re-establishment.
