Lisbon, Portugal, 30 January 2026 - The Aga Khan Development Network, the Ismaili Imamat and the Ismaili communities in Mozambique and Portugal are mobilising emergency relief for populations affected by severe flooding in northern Mozambique.

In recent days, 20 tonnes of essential supplies – including food, clothing and other items identified by Mozambican authorities as urgently needed – have been collected in Portugal.

With the support of the Ismaili community's volunteer network, these goods were organised and packed at the Ismaili Centre in Lisbon and will be sent to Mozambique through a joint operation by the governments of Portugal and Mozambique.

The supplies collected are the result of donations from members of the Ismaili community and from institutions that have joined forces with it for this relief operation.

In Mozambique, the local Ismaili community has also mobilised to prepare thousands of hygiene and food kits. A distribution plan is underway to deliver the aid – both from Portugal and locally – to the regions most affected by the floods.

According to official data, the floods have already affected more than 700,000 people, causing 130 deaths and displacing more than 300,000.

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The Ismaili Imamat, a supranational legal entity, refers to the institution or office of the spiritual leader of the global Ismaili community, established in accordance with applicable customary law. Founded in 632, it is the contemporary office of His Highness the Aga Khan V, which spans a timeline of almost 1,400 years of history and 49 uninterrupted successions by direct hereditary lineage.

The Aga Khan Development Network is a contemporary initiative to fulfil the mandate of the Ismaili Imamat through institutional action to improve the quality of human life. It has been present in Mozambique since 1998, working to improve the quality of life of its citizens through the Aga Khan Foundation, the Aga Khan Schools and the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development.

The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) has been operating in Mozambique since 2000. It implements integrated, innovative and gender-sensitive programmes in the areas of agriculture and food security; health and nutrition; employment and entrepreneurship; climate resilience; and civil society. The programmes prioritise vulnerable populations, including farmers, entrepreneurs, unemployed graduates, vulnerable women and children, internally displaced persons, members of community development organisations, and health professionals and agents. By 2024, AKF had directly served more than 150,000 people in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Niassa, Nampula and Maputo. Through its partnerships with the government and civil society, it had additionally reached more than 360,000 and more than 500,000 people, respectively.