Motherhood through Mozambique’s cyclones

This is a partial series of images of women and small children during Mozambique’s cyclones Idai and Kenneth of 2019. Across the central and northern regions along the coast, torrential rains and strong, gusty winds destroyed homes, hospitals and churches, but during this time women also gave birth, others tended to their children and tried to rebuild what was destroyed. 

Part of this work was published by Al Jazeera and the Mail and Guardian.

Two-week old baby Fermida in her mother's arms. Macomia, Mozambique.
Louisa Dorothea Jerafi with her two-week old daughter outside Macomia Hospital after Cyclone Kenneth destroyed her home in northern Mozambique.
Giving birth after Cyclone Idai, Buzi, Mozambique.
Joaquiana Alberto holds Fermida, her two-week old daughter in her arms as she waits outside Macomia hospital for nurses to attend her after Cyclone Kenneth.
A baby sits outside the Parish of Lady Grace during a church service in Buzi, Mozambique after Cyclone Idai.
Women and their babies wait outside a field hospital in Buzi, Mozambique after Cyclone Idai destroyed the main centre.
Patients in Buzi, Mozambique wait at the makeshift hospital after Cyclone Idai's destruction.
A bucket of grain and some beans is all a family in Macomia, northern Mozambique has to eat after Cyclone Kenneth destroyed the home.
A doctor looks through the damaged equipment at Buzi Hospital, Mozambique.
A woman and child wait outside Macomia hospital after Cyclone Kenneth destroyed the maternal ward in northern Mozambique.
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