Flooding in Somalia and Kenya affects more than 1 million people
Well above-average seasonal rains resulting in widespread flooding across East Africa
Flooding in Somalia and Kenya affects more than 1 million people.
The effects of recent flash floods have been devastating. People have lost their homes, livelihoods, farms and family members.
Eastern Africa: Floods impact 2.5 million people:
Heavy rainfall and flooding have impacted swathes of eastern Africa since July and intensified in October, affecting at least 2.5 million people and causing displacement and loss of property, crops, and livestock.
With Our Sincerre Condolences
On behave of Peace
and Development Network board of directors. We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life and suffering that Somalia has been experiencing as a
result of the ongoing River Shabelle floods especially the people of Beledweyne
and the entire families who've loved ones lost.
We send our heartfelt
condolences to the families and relatives of the deceased and injured or
missing and offer our deep sympathy to all who are affected by the tragic of
floods.
We are deeply
saddened by the catastrophic loss of life, properties, and extensive damage
caused by the heavy flooding in the city of Beledweyne in Somalia. Thus, we
pray and wish Allah’s mercy upon those who lost their lives and extend our
condolences to their families.
Situation
Report:
The disaster of the
floods from River Shabelle and mudslides destroyed the people's homes, crops,
devastated lives, demolished communities, bankrupted businesses, the
infrastructure and shatter our sense of safety.
The disaster caused
an extreme humanitarian crisis. About 122,580 people fled their homes
as the flood from Shabelle river destroying their homes, farmland, crops, the
infrastructure in Belet Weyne, the capital of Hiiraan region. According to PDN
field support staff who are present infield, the flood situation in Somalia
has been deteriorating over the last few days, while the overflowing of
Shabelle river caused severe damage in western and eastern parts of the River
Shabelle areas such as Hirshabelle.
According to the
sources, up to 20 people were shipwrecked into the water during the incident in
the central city of Beledweyne.
Many people have been evacuated and become
displaced. They are under starvation and famine
spread in the whole entire state of Hirshabelle. Without collective and
coordinated global efforts, people will simply starve to death. Many more will
suffer and die from the disease.
Among the displaced,
children are the most vulnerable, including some 70,000 children in the Hiraan
region of Somalia who has been forced to flee rising floodwaters to higher
grounds are in desperate need of clean water, food, temporary latrines,
blankets, shelter, “Save the Children is warning”. That there could be a
horrific and deadly tragic.
“We desperately need help here from
anyone who can help the vulnerable people affected by devastating floods and
mudslides, things are bad, and help needs to come fast before it is too late”.said Mohamed Hassan, one of the thousands of people
displaced in Beledweyne, Somalia.
Our hearts go out to all the
people who have been harmed by the rains and flash floods.
We appeal for aids as heavy flooding
displaced hundred thousand people from East African.
Aweis Yonis
Chairman of PDN and CEO
How the war affected the children
How the war affected the children
The war affects the children in all aspects of their lives. They lose all kinds of opportunity and adult protection, parenthood, proper caring, schooling, empathy, and attention of adults who love them. “unaccompanied children,” as they become displaced. They may experience the following sadly and tragic impacts during their lives, like:
1. Death. Hundreds of thousands of children die of direct violence in war each time. They die as civilians caught in the violence of war, as combatants directly targeted, or in the course of ethnic cleansing.
2. Injury. Children suffer a range of war injuries. Certain weapons affect them particularly. A landmine explosion is more likely to kill or seriously injure a child than an adult. Thousands of children suffer landmine injuries each year.
3. Disability. Millions of children are disabled by war, many of whom have grossly inadequate access to rehabilitation services. A child may have to wait up to 10 years before having a prosthetic limb fitted. Children who survive landmine blasts rarely receive prostheses that can keep up with the continued growth of their limbs.
4. Illness. Conditions for maintenance of child health deteriorate in war – nutrition, water safety, sanitation, housing, access to health services. There may be loss of immunity to disease vectors with population movement. Refugee children are particularly vulnerable to the deadly combination of malnutrition and infectious illness. There is also interruption of population immunization programs by war which may be responsible for increases in child mortality.
5. Human traffic. These phenomena which often occur in situations of war, ethnic cleansing and refugee life leave lasting physical impacts in sexually- transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, psychological impacts and changes in life course.
6. Psychological suffering. Children exposed to situations of terror and horror during the war – experiences that may leave enduring impacts in posttraumatic stress disorder. Severe losses and disruptions in their lives lead to high rates of depression and anxiety in war-affected children. These impacts may be prolonged by exposures to further privations and violence in refugee situations.
8 7. Moral and spiritual impacts.
The experience of indifference from the surrounding world, or, worse still, malevolence may cause children to suffer the loss of meaning in their construction of themselves in their world. They may have to change their moral structure and lie, steal, and sell sex to survive. They may have their moral structure forcibly dismantled and replaced in training to kill as part violence or warring groups. 8. Social and cultural losses. Children may lose their community and its culture during the war, sometimes having it reconstituted in refugee or diaspora situations.
9. Child soldiers. It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of teenagers serving in militias thru faction groups. They are particularly vulnerable to all the impacts listed above. Peace development Network reaffirming children's rights require special protection and call for continuous improvement of the situation of children all over these two countries, as well as for their developmental education in conditions of peace and security.
PADN Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in the above area remains critical because of inadequate social conditions, natural disasters, armed conflicts, exploitation, illiteracy, hunger and disability, and convinced that urgent and effective national and international action is called for, Mindful of the the important role of the national, regional organizations and International Community, in promoting the well-being of children and their development.
PDN is committed to implementing the following principles:
Principle 1
The child shall enjoy all the rights set forth in this Declaration. Every child, without any exception whatsoever, shall be entitled to these rights, without distinction or discrimination on account of race, color, sex, language, religion, political opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or another status, whether of himself /herself family bag ground.
Principle 2
The child shall enjoy special protection, and shall be given opportunities and facilities, by law and by other means, to enable him to develop physically, mentally, morally, spiritually and socially in a healthy and normal manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity. In the enactment of laws for this purpose, the best interests of the child shall be the paramount consideration. Principle 3 9 The child shall be entitled from his birth to a name and a nationality.
Principle 4 The child shall enjoy the benefits of social security. He shall be entitled to grow and develop in health; to this end, special care and protection shall be provided both to him and to his mother, including adequate prenatal and post-natal care. The child shall have the right to adequate nutrition, housing, recreation and medical services.
Principle 5
The child who is physically, mentally or socially handicapped shall be given the special treatment, education, and care required by his/her particular condition.
Principle 6
The child, for the full and harmonious development of his personality, needs love and understanding. He shall, wherever possible, grow up in the care and under the responsibility of his parents, and, in any case, in an atmosphere of affection and of moral and material security; a child of tender years shall not, save in exceptional circumstances, be separated from his mother. Society and the public authorities shall have the duty to extend particular care to children without a family and to those without adequate means of support. Payment of State and other assistance towards the maintenance of children of large families is desirable.
Principle 7
The child is entitled to receive education, which shall be free and compulsory, at least in the elementary stages. He shall be given an education which will promote his general culture and enable him, on a basis of equal opportunity, to develop his abilities, his individual judgement, and his sense of moral and social responsibility, and to become a useful member of society.
The best interests of the child shall be the guiding principle of those responsible for his education and guidance; that responsibility lies in the first place with his parents.
The child shall have full opportunity for play and recreation, which should be directed to the same purposes as education; society and the public authorities shall endeavor to promote the enjoyment of this right
Principle 8 10 The child shall in all circumstances be among the first to receive protection and relief.
Principle 9
The child shall be protected against all forms of neglect, cruelty and exploitation. He shall not be the subject of traffic, in any form. The child shall not be admitted to employment before an appropriate minimum age; he shall in no case be caused or permitted to engage in any occupation or employment which would prejudice his health or education, or interfere with his physical, mental or moral development.
Principle 10
The child shall be protected from practices which may foster racial, religious and any other form of discrimination. He shall be brought up in a spirit of understanding, tolerance, friendship among peoples, peace and universal brotherhood, and in full consciousness that his energy and talents should be devoted to the service of his fellow men.
To improve the livelihood of poor mothers, guardians, elderly and widows in the community through supporting their local initiatives i.e. craft-work, poultry, vegetable growing, goat and improved animal rearing projects.
The war affects the children in all aspects of their lives. They lose all kinds of opportunity and adult protection, parenthood, proper caring, schooling, empathy, and attention of adults who love them. “unaccompanied children,” as they become displaced. They may experience the following sadly and tragic impacts during their lives, like:
1. Death. Hundreds of thousands of children die of direct violence in war each time. They die as civilians caught in the violence of war, as combatants directly targeted, or in the course of ethnic cleansing.
2. Injury. Children suffer a range of war injuries. Certain weapons affect them particularly. A landmine explosion is more likely to kill or seriously injure a child than an adult. Thousands of children suffer landmine injuries each year.
3. Disability. Millions of children are disabled by war, many of whom have grossly inadequate access to rehabilitation services. A child may have to wait up to 10 years before having a prosthetic limb fitted. Children who survive landmine blasts rarely receive prostheses that can keep up with the continued growth of their limbs.
4. Illness. Conditions for maintenance of child health deteriorate in war – nutrition, water safety, sanitation, housing, access to health services. There may be loss of immunity to disease vectors with population movement. Refugee children are particularly vulnerable to the deadly combination of malnutrition and infectious illness. There is also interruption of population immunization programs by war which may be responsible for increases in child mortality.
5. Human traffic. These phenomena which often occur in situations of war, ethnic cleansing and refugee life leave lasting physical impacts in sexually- transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, psychological impacts and changes in life course.
6. Psychological suffering. Children exposed to situations of terror and horror during the war – experiences that may leave enduring impacts in posttraumatic stress disorder. Severe losses and disruptions in their lives lead to high rates of depression and anxiety in war-affected children. These impacts may be prolonged by exposures to further privations and violence in refugee situations.
8 7. Moral and spiritual impacts.
The experience of indifference from the surrounding world, or, worse still, malevolence may cause children to suffer the loss of meaning in their construction of themselves in their world. They may have to change their moral structure and lie, steal, and sell sex to survive. They may have their moral structure forcibly dismantled and replaced in training to kill as part violence or warring groups. 8. Social and cultural losses. Children may lose their community and its culture during the war, sometimes having it reconstituted in refugee or diaspora situations.
9. Child soldiers. It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of teenagers serving in militias thru faction groups. They are particularly vulnerable to all the impacts listed above. Peace development Network reaffirming children's rights require special protection and call for continuous improvement of the situation of children all over these two countries, as well as for their developmental education in conditions of peace and security.
PADN Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in the above area remains critical because of inadequate social conditions, natural disasters, armed conflicts, exploitation, illiteracy, hunger and disability, and convinced that urgent and effective national and international action is called for, Mindful of the the important role of the national, regional organizations and International Community, in promoting the well-being of children and their development.
PDN is committed to implementing the following principles:
Principle 1
The child shall enjoy all the rights set forth in this Declaration. Every child, without any exception whatsoever, shall be entitled to these rights, without distinction or discrimination on account of race, color, sex, language, religion, political opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or another status, whether of himself /herself family bag ground.
Principle 2
The child shall enjoy special protection, and shall be given opportunities and facilities, by law and by other means, to enable him to develop physically, mentally, morally, spiritually and socially in a healthy and normal manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity. In the enactment of laws for this purpose, the best interests of the child shall be the paramount consideration. Principle 3 9 The child shall be entitled from his birth to a name and a nationality.
Principle 4 The child shall enjoy the benefits of social security. He shall be entitled to grow and develop in health; to this end, special care and protection shall be provided both to him and to his mother, including adequate prenatal and post-natal care. The child shall have the right to adequate nutrition, housing, recreation and medical services.
Principle 5
The child who is physically, mentally or socially handicapped shall be given the special treatment, education, and care required by his/her particular condition.
Principle 6
The child, for the full and harmonious development of his personality, needs love and understanding. He shall, wherever possible, grow up in the care and under the responsibility of his parents, and, in any case, in an atmosphere of affection and of moral and material security; a child of tender years shall not, save in exceptional circumstances, be separated from his mother. Society and the public authorities shall have the duty to extend particular care to children without a family and to those without adequate means of support. Payment of State and other assistance towards the maintenance of children of large families is desirable.
Principle 7
The child is entitled to receive education, which shall be free and compulsory, at least in the elementary stages. He shall be given an education which will promote his general culture and enable him, on a basis of equal opportunity, to develop his abilities, his individual judgement, and his sense of moral and social responsibility, and to become a useful member of society.
The best interests of the child shall be the guiding principle of those responsible for his education and guidance; that responsibility lies in the first place with his parents.
The child shall have full opportunity for play and recreation, which should be directed to the same purposes as education; society and the public authorities shall endeavor to promote the enjoyment of this right
Principle 8 10 The child shall in all circumstances be among the first to receive protection and relief.
Principle 9
The child shall be protected against all forms of neglect, cruelty and exploitation. He shall not be the subject of traffic, in any form. The child shall not be admitted to employment before an appropriate minimum age; he shall in no case be caused or permitted to engage in any occupation or employment which would prejudice his health or education, or interfere with his physical, mental or moral development.
Principle 10
The child shall be protected from practices which may foster racial, religious and any other form of discrimination. He shall be brought up in a spirit of understanding, tolerance, friendship among peoples, peace and universal brotherhood, and in full consciousness that his energy and talents should be devoted to the service of his fellow men.
To improve the livelihood of poor mothers, guardians, elderly and widows in the community through supporting their local initiatives i.e. craft-work, poultry, vegetable growing, goat and improved animal rearing projects.
PDN Health sector
Health sector
PDN is one among the key mechanical machine for the change of the health situation
in both countries Somali and Kenya.
PDN has a short, long and immediately strategy/plan in promoting health activities in
Somalia/Kenya.
Develop all operational procedures with respect to arrangements and planning for
public health emergencies and natural disaster.
Coordinates and collaborates with appropriate local, state, and federal agencies and
organizations; work with public health leaders to develop and implement program policies in
keeping with current legislation and regulations.
Coordinates emergency response exercises
and develops related material as necessary.
Trains and coaches’ internal staff in planning, evaluation, and continuous quality improvement
(CQI) methodologies
.
Develops and presents written reports and studies to a variety of audiences.
Identifies financial resources (grants, contracts, etc.) targeted to agency and community goals
and needs.
Updates and maintains progress on all Public Health Emergency Preparedness grant
objectives.
Responsible for maintaining and updating county Emergency Preparedness policies.
Recommends policy adjustments to agency leadership.
Long terms strategy
* Every Somali and Kenyan citizen shall have the right for free basic medical care as
PDN organization care part humanitarian assistance to all.
* Quality control of medicines in Somalia and Kenya, since there is a great demand
of health services.
* To prepare emergency response team to carry out when a suspected outbreak of
Diseases are reported in the area.
* Qualified volunteer doctors and nurses are going to be given more training on helper
manners to the required treatments.
* Train local midwifery even those in worst areas (urban and rural) who are practicing
farming and after are looking after animals to reduce birth death occurrences.
Short term strategy
* PDN Organization will organize to open medical health center (MCH) or supply
medical equipment in the Regional states (South West, Jubbaland, Banadir,
Hirshabelle, Galmudug, Puntland and Somaliland).
* PDN Organization will voluntarily give awareness to the vulnerable groups at IDPs camps on hygiene, HIV & AIDS to save the lives of the vulnerable people. .
* PDN Organization will voluntarily give awareness to the vulnerable groups at IDPs camps on hygiene, HIV & AIDS to save the lives of the vulnerable people. .
* PDN Organization strategy is to open Emergency Center for survivors and patients
who needs emergency treatment, since there is high demand.
PDN Organization is ready to prepare rehabilitation center for street children both
girls and boys who live desperate in slums.
HYGIENE AND SANITATION
A. How to use toilets.
-Wash hands after toilets and before eating foods.
-wash your hands with soap or ash.
B. Cover food.
-Check the food before you start eating.
-Eat the right time with the right temperature.
-Eat food after you heat it.
C. Handle HIV/AIDS Victims.
* You can share Idea, Food, Sleep & walk together
Avoid the following
* Fluids or direct contact.
D. Medicine prescriptions.
-Follow the doctor’s advice and don’t try to use medicine without a prescription.
-Never over or less use of drugs since its part of drug abuse.
Immediate strategy
* To carry out well-facilitated need assessment survey in both countries.
* To create focal point centers at least three different places.
* Hygiene volunteers’ promotion and start the work with immediate effects.
* To have a link with main hospitals in order to know health status and the disease
that affects the community mostly so that we tackle it.
* To work with the ministries and health institutions, to create cooperation &
confidence with the public.
* Awareness of health throughout our existence as an Organization.
* Create ways to fight against Poverty, Disease, and Illiteracy within the community.
Challenges
Our staffs need more capacity building training of which we have no financial
support to make it.
Security- This is general challenges to the region (Somalia and Kenya )in general because
you may hear explosions any time at anywhere which may affect every individual
later.
Recommendations:
We need emergency medical support for the newly opened MCH in the regional
states.
We are preparing to collect medical equipment, in order to cover highly need of the
vulnerable people.
CONCLUSION
PDN will reach its goals to provide basic Medicare throughout the Nation and do
research & assessments throughout the target group, in order record, save & secure
places to exercise their duties.
Automatically PDN Organization will extend free Medicare, Education, Livelihood,
Micro-finance and Protection to every individual living in horn of Africa without
favoritism or considering specific region/groups in society.
Promise to deliver all equal public services without discrimination when a resource or
funds are available by the Organization without conditions.
2018 Somalia Flood Response Plan 15 May - 15 August 2018 (May 2018)
HIGHLIGHTS
- The increase in number, intensity and short-spaced occurrences of natural hazards continues to trigger a ‘domino effect’ in fragile regions of the country. This includes the loss of lives and livelihoods, repeated displacements, risk of disease outbreak, a risk of rise in inter-communal conflict – including over land and diminishing natural resources and an increase in protection concerns.
- Ongoing riverine and flash flooding in central and southern regions of Somalia that has affected 770,000 persons and displaced 230,000 persons so far, comes at the backdrop of ongoing efforts to addressing needs stemming from drought spanning over four consecutive rainy seasons and which left 5.4 million persons in need of humanitarian assistance.
- Recovery from the impacts of drought has been punctuated by sudden-onset crises and impediments such as the current floods, conflict, access constraints and long-standing risks and occurrences of localized inter-communal conflict, marginalization and violations of housing, land and property rights, thereby challenging the long-term reduction of vulnerability amongst affected populations.
- Current flash flooding has so far affected 13 districts and another 16 districts have been faced with riverine flooding. Riverine flooding has so far affected 500,120 people of whom 214,596 are displaced; while areas receiving flash floods have seen 272,436 persons affected of whom 15,004 are displaced. The total population of the affected districts is at 6.2 million of which 1.1 million are noted to be in IPC 3 and 4 and 1.628 million i.e. 26% of the population had already been displaced prior to the flooding.
- Access constraints brought about by the floods are hindering the provision of assistance in some affected areas. Humanitarian partners are having to rely heavily on air or boat transportation to deliver assistance. The supply of goods to markets within the affected areas has also been disrupted leading to increase in prices in some areas.
- The Gu rainfall season is expected to continue until the end of June. If the above normal rains continue, there is a likelihood that more areas will be affected by floods hence increasing the number of people affected.
- Humanitarian partners planned for the impact of floods in the 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan and have now re-oriented their regular humanitarian activities to address the urgent needs arising from the flooding in new and current operational areas, including by aiming to achieve protection outcomes through assistance delivery; as well as capitalise on the opportunities presented and linked to the flooding situation that potentially could reduce food insecurity in the regions.
- Urgent funding is needed to avert a larger scale humanitarian crisis and to benefit from the moisture conditions, which if adequately managed, is conducive for certain types of agricultural activity. The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released $ 5.1 M for life-saving activities while the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) will re-allocate funding in cases where money has been apportioned to locations now impacted by the floods and where partners are present and seeking a re-prioritization of response in order to save lives. This Response Plan has outlined the prioritized response activities and seeks $ 80 Million to meet the urgent needs of the affected population.
OVERVIEW AND HUMANITARIAN IMPACT
The seasonal Gu rains began in late February across the country with average to above-average rainfall being recorded in some areas. Rainfall totals during the first half of the April to June Gu season are some of the highest on the 1981-2017 record, equivalent to between 130 and over 200 per cent of average. The intense and sustained rains have affected areas already experiencing high levels of vulnerability as a result of drought, conflict and access constraints, thereby placing affected populations at a greater humanitarian risk. Most of these communities in the Central regions for instance, are already facing an acute food security and malnutrition and are in Crisis (IPC3) risk remaining extremely vulnerable through September 2018 in the absence of adequate or rapidly scaled up humanitarian assistance.
The rains have resulted in a sharp rise of water levels in the Shabelle and Juba River basins, leading to severe flash and river flooding across central and southern Somalia with Bay (South west State), Gedo (Jubaland), Hiraan and Middle Shabelle regions being the worst affected areas. Other areas also of humanitarian concern are Banadir, Galgaduud, Lower Juba, Middle Juba and Lower Shabelle. By the time of drafting this response plan, the forecast was for heavy rainfall in the Ethiopian highlands and river levels in the two basins in Somalia are expected to remain at high flood risk/full bank levels and overflowing with an escalated risk of flooding along the Juba and Shabelle rivers.
The flash and river flooding has so far affected an estimated 772,000 people and displaced nearly than 230,000 persons from their homes, as of 15 May 2018. The majority of the displaced are in Belet Weyne town and surrounding areas in Hirshabelle State where an estimated 204,000 people have been displaced or isolated by the floods. In Jubaland State, more than 206,000 people have been affected, of which 95,000 were displaced with the worst affected areas being those along the Juba River which include Bu'aale, Garbahaarey, Ceel Waaq, Luuq, Baardheere and Saakow. In South West State, 174,000 people have been affected with the worst-affected places being those hosting IDPs in low-lying areas. In Banaadir, an estimated 54,000 people are at risk of flash flooding.
Humanitarians are yet to establish the full impact of the flooding however, the situation has compounded an already fragile humanitarian condition in the country, exacerbated by a persistent and complex conflict and severe drought conditions from at least four consecutive poor rainy seasons which left 5.4 million people in need of assistance. Flooding has worsened the conditions in overcrowded Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) settlements as most of the affected areas host large numbers of IDPs. For example, the Banadir region hosts more than 497,000 IDPs - the highest number in the country- while an estimated 246,000 IDPs are in Baidoa. The destruction of 2,500 latrines and ensuing contamination of water sources in Galgadud, Dolow, Dhobley, Baidoa and Afgooye has already led to a surge in water and vector borne diseases in areas that had already been grappling with an AWD/cholera outbreak since December 2017. Since December 2017, health partners and the Ministry of Health have been trying to contain an AWD/cholera outbreak that was first reported in Belet Weyne and spread to areas along the banks of River Shabelle. To date 2,672 cases and 13 deaths have been reported. The most affected regions include Banadir, Lower Juba, Middle Shabelle and Hiraan which are also currently flood affected. Due to stagnant water, a total of 3,342 confirmed cases of malaria have been reported from the flood affected areas since the beginning of the year. A lack of adequate land registration, as well as the communal nature of land ownership and dynamics around clan-protection, may result in escalations of inter-communal conflict related to livelihoods and land. Experiences from 2013, earlier and later years illustrate that rights violations and protracted displacement may be triggered by situations of flooding, especially along the fertile riverbanks – the risk of which will be taken into account in relation to response design.
While the Gu rains are good for recovery from four consecutive failed rainy seasons, disruption of major supply routes may result in food shortages in some areas, leading to increased livestock and food prices. The costs of the flooding are estimated to be high due to damage to property, crops and livestock, negatively impacting livelihoods. In addition, nearly 50,000 hectares of cropland has been inundated and 500 tonnes of household grain stores damaged, potentially worsening food consumption gaps and limiting agricultural wage labour opportunities among poor households in rural and urban areas. In Jubaland, at least 2,000 farmers lost crops that were almost ready for harvesting, with additional farming infrastructure such as irrigation pumps damaged. In Belet Weyne, crops as well as food supplies in local shops have been lost due to the floods. Crops have also been destroyed by flooding in Banadir and Middle Shabelle. The destruction of food supplies and livestock will likely further exacerbate food insecurity, especially amongst riverine communities, that already experienced a severe deterioration during the 2017 drought. Throughout the flood affected areas, 22 nutrition facilities have been closed impacting over 6,600 acutely malnourished children. Multiple education facilities have been damaged or closed with at a minimum 15,000 school children affected, and with numbers likely to grow. Inter-agency rapid assessments are ongoing to gauge the needs in affected areas.Initial reports indicate shelter, clean water, sanitation and food as the most critical needs.
Source : reliefweb.in
over 9,000 people displaced by floods in Beledweyne town
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| Residents walk through flooded streets in Beledweyne |
More than
9,000 people have been displaced following floods in Beledweyne town of Hiiraan
region after River burst its banks.
Families
in Hawo-tako, Koshin and Bundaweyn suburbs have been forced to seek shelter on
higher ground in the outskirt of Beledweyne town after their houses were
submerged and valuables washed away
Speaking
to the media Abdullahi Ahmed Moalim, the governor of Hiiraan region said
various riverine villages were washed away after the river flooded following
the heavy downpour.
He said
that about 9,000 residents in Beledweyne had moved to El-Jalle village for fear
of being carried away by the floodwaters.
The governor warned the residents to seek high
ground areas as looming floods flashed from Ethiopian Highland and Hills in the
region are imminent.
Moalim
called on NGO and well-wishers to help the victims as they are spending their
nights without shelter and the risk of flood-related diseases.
In a
report, UN Office for the coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the river
level was at 7.75 meters, which is 0.45 meters above high flood risk level
leading the displacement of more than 500 people from Hilaac, Kutimbo and
Donsubagle who moved with some moving with their possessions, including
livestock to safer areas.
Beledweyne Airport has been unserviceable for extended
periods over the course of the last week due to inundation by rain waters,
which hampers the delivery of supplies
UN also
said more than 7,000 people in Jowhar town have also moved to Hanti-Wadag
village fearing floods from the river which was filled to the brim with
frenzied heavy flushing water.
Source: Hiiraan
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Our Objectives:
- To increase opportunities of education, skills development and other basic services for the Children, youth and women.
- To create job prospective, capacity building and income generation programs for women enabling them to become breadwinners.
- To consulting the youth about the drugs to avoid domestic violence, and all kinds of criminal environments
- Danger of HIV/aids epidemic and work to its prevention and control Economic development (micro finance and market interaction) and socio- cultural interaction and community engagements
