Cyclones leave 110,000 needing aid in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique
Cyclones leave 110,000 needing aid in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique
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Hundreds of thousands of people across Malawi, Madagascar and Mozambique are still struggling in the aftermath of Cyclone Ana late last month. Madagascar was hit again over the weekend by Cyclone Batsirai leaving more than 110,000 people in need of emergency aid.
Madagascar
Cyclone Batsirai made landfall in the southeast coastline of Madagascar with heavy rains and strong winds that destroyed homes, cut power lines and triggered widespread flooding. Mananjary district, about 530 kilometers from the capital city, Antananarivo, was one of the worst affected areas with nearly 95 percent of villages destroyed.
Madagascar was already dealing with the aftermath of tropical storm Ana, which hit further north two weeks ago. Both storms left over 100 people dead.
SOS Children’s Villages in Madagascar has no footprint in the region affected by Batsirai, except through the QUAPEM project, which is jointly run by actors in alternative care and child protection. Four centres are in Mananajary and two in Manakara.
“The buildings at the centres have had roofs blown away and windows shattered. All the 621 children were evacuated to a secure shelter and are safe. The immediate challenge is access to food and water, which we are working to provide. We intend to support the children with basic needs for a period of four to six months. SOS Children’s Villages will also participate in the reconstruction of the centres as much as the funds will allow,” says Jean-Francios Lepetit, National Director, SOS Children’s Villages in Madagascar.
“The buildings at the centres have had roofs blown away and windows shattered. All the 621 children were evacuated to a secure shelter and are safe"
Malawi
SOS Children’s Villages Malawi joined other humanitarian agencies to support the displaced families especially in Chikwawa district.
Currently, Cyclone Ana has heavily affected a total of 30 programme participating children and 8 caregivers have sustained injuries and are hospitalised; and 3 deaths (2 children and 1 caregiver).
200 programme participating families have lost their property like houses, livestock, and crops. 20% of programme participating children are failing to go to school because of roads cut off and loss of education related materials and that most classes have now turned into safe places for the displaced.
SOS Children’s Villages Malawi intends to support 1800 households (about 9000) people within 19 Group Village Heads in TA Ngabu in Chikwawa District. The estimated project cost for this action is at 443Million Kwacha which is about 521,152US$.
The support will go towards provision of food items, medical supplies, utensils, blankets, sanitary facilities and education related materials as a short-term measure and provision of seeds (sweet potato vines, maize. Millet, sorghum), construction of low-cost houses, provision of plastic sheets, tree seedlings and psychosocial support as a long-term measure.
SOS Children’s Villages Malawi is appealing for support from individuals, donors and corporates to help it implement this action to support the displaced children and families in Chikwawa District and Ngabu to be specific.
Mozambique
Tropical storm Ana landed in Tete in west-central Mozambique flooding the province, destroying schools, health centers, and downing electricity lines. At SOS Children’s Village Tete, the main gate entrance and the compound were flooded and some family houses suffered roof damage.
13 families in the family strengthening programme had to seek alternative shelter after their houses collapsed.
“Serious concerns persist about the impact of the storm on highly vulnerable people and the limited resources to respond to the unfolding needs. In-depth multi-sector needs assessments are ongoing, jointly with response efforts by INGD (Governments Institute of Risk and Disaster Management). United Nations agencies have prepositioned stocks to begin distributions in the coming days, once the results of the assessments are known. There is currently a need to send food and shelter kits to the affected population that remains in the communities and to mobilise resources for the population that is in resettlement centres,” says Ailton Muchave, National Director SOS Children’s Villages in Mozambique.
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“The buildings at the centres have had roofs blown away and windows shattered. All the 621 children were evacuated to a secure shelter and are safe"
