{"id":23991,"date":"2026-02-06T15:55:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=23991"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:55:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:55:41","slug":"mozambique-cardinal-ambongo-calls-for-solidarity-with-mozambique-flood-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/mozambique-cardinal-ambongo-calls-for-solidarity-with-mozambique-flood-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"MOZAMBIQUE: Cardinal Ambongo Calls for Solidarity with Mozambique Flood Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Sr. Jecinter Antoinette Okoth, FSSA<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Following the devastating floods affecting Southern Africa and particularly Mozambique, the President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has called for solidarity with thousands who have lost their loved ones and livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/secam.sceam.africa.bishop\/posts\/floods-in-southern-africa-solidarity-message-from-the-president-of-secam-accra-3\/922560203503664\/\">statement<\/a> dated Saturday, January 31, His Excellency Fridolin Cardinal Ambongo Besungu of the Archdiocese of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, said in his address: \u201cLet us work together to respond to this crisis with compassion, solidarity, and generosity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Cardinal, the prolonged rainfall has caused destruction and despair, which \u201cserve as a stark reminder of the fragility of human life and the urgent need for our collective response to this humanitarian crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hearts go out to the thousands of people who have lost their homes, livelihoods, and loved ones\u2026. We urge the International Community and all people of goodwill to provide prompt assistance to those living in various accommodation centres, who are lacking the most necessities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Cardinal appealed further, urging people to support the affected communities in restarting their lives, rebuilding their homes and livelihoods, and regaining their dignity and hope, noting that collective efforts should be guided by the values of \u201cjustice, equality, and human dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the Bishops in Africa, he said, \u201cWe pray for the souls of the deceased and for the swift recovery of those affected, \u201cand appealed to the <strong>Mozambicans<\/strong>, \u201cPlease accept our heartfelt prayers and solidarity in this time of need.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/thecommonwealth.org\/statement\/statement-commonwealth-secretary-general-devastating-floods-mozambique\">separate statement<\/a> issued by the Commonwealth Secretary General on the same concern of floods in Mozambique, Ms. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey echoed SECAN\u2019s appeal on the need for \u201cunity, co-operation and decisive multilateral action to strengthen resilience and protect lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must mobilise swiftly in support of Mozambique, ensuring that lifesaving assistance, engineering expertise, food, shelter, health services and protection reach those most in need,\u201d the statement reads in parts and continues, \u201cThe Commonwealth will continue to champion the resources, partnerships and climate action required to help our members withstand and recover from such increasingly frequent and destructive climate-driven disasters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sr. Jecinter Antoinette Okoth, FSSA Following the devastating floods affecting Southern Africa and particularly Mozambique,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amecea-news","category-other-regions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23992,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23991\/revisions\/23992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}