What began in 2017 as a seemingly random incident of isolated aggression in a town in northern Mozambique has deteriorated into a protracted and increasingly sophisticated campaign of terror.
It has spread throughout the province of Cabo Delgado and threatens more people every day. Since that day in October 2017, over 800,000 people have fled with little more than their lives and stories of unspeakable evil made manifest.

Internally displaced people (IDPs) have not crossed a border to find safety. Unlike refugees, they are on the run at home.

IDPs stay within their own country and remain under the protection of its government, even if that government is the reason for their displacement. They often move to areas where it is difficult for us to deliver humanitarian assistance and as a result, these people are among the most vulnerable in the world.
- https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/internally-displaced-people.html

For Iris Global’s team of national and international missionaries it seems unimaginable that this could be happening to their family, friends, and neighbors. And yet, moved by compassion, they embrace the people whose faces are etched by grief and bring physical and spiritual relief with food, basic supplies, shelter, clean water, and the transformative love of Jesus.

The team in Pemba, Mozambique is partnering with the UN and other international relief organizations to assist those who fled their homes and villages. This partnership gives us government-approved access to serve 30,000 displaced people and those in extreme need in the town of Pemba and surrounding villages.