Marcela Joaquim Sitoe
Construction worker
Gaza, Mozambique
In the province of Gaza, floods have damaged around 70% of local transportation routes. Among other things, Marcela is helping prepare hard-wearing roads using geocells, a material made of high-density plastic webbing that evenly distributes weight and reduces water damage to the landscape. 300 kilometers of roads are being rehabilitated and climate-proofed. These networks will continue to connect isolated neighborhoods even during increasingly extreme weather.
Gaza, Mozambique
Mozambique is among the most climate-vulnerable countries on the African continent. Through a combined investment of nearly $110 million, CIF and the World Bank are working to rehabilitate and climate-proof nearly 300 kilometers of roads and vital infrastructure in the southern province of Gaza. This is where an estimated 70% of transportation networks have been impacted by floods. CIF is also financing the development of a first-of-its-kind, country-appropriate set of road standards to improve climate resilience and long-term growth nationwide.