ACT Alliance Alert Reference Number: 26/2015.
The ACT Malawi Forum, after a detailed assessment of the food situation, is planning to respond with the provision of food items inputs and activities on early recovery program activities.
Burkina Faso has been struck by heavy rains and strong winds since the beginning of the raining season. Significant damage has been registered. As of 28 August 2015, 8 of the 13 regions of Burkina Faso have been affected. Homes, personal property and livestock have been destroyed and hectares of fields flooded. The current situation is 8 dead, 54 injured, 26’885 victims and more than 3’699 people homeless.
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ACT Alliance Alert Reference Number: 25/2015. Based on initial rapid emergency assessment, EECMY-DASSC plans to respond by the provision of feed (hay/straw, and concentrates) in order to help livestock keep their body weight and productivity in terms of milk and meat. Drugs (antibiotics and anthelmintics) will also be provided to livestock in order to maintain their health.
13 August 2015 – Forum members in Jordan plan to respond to the most urgent needs of those refugees with life-saving medication, food and hygiene and sanitation items.
5 August 2015 – ACT Myanmar Forum and partners plan to assist with shelter, food, potable water, non-food items, cash and DRR.
4 August 2015 – During the last few days over 120 people have died in India due to flooding and the toll is rising. The most severely affected areas are West Bengal and Odisha, parts of Rajasthan and Gujarat. ACT members are currently monitoring the situation.
3 August 2015 – CT member Hungarian Interchurch Aid (HIA) plans to intervene in psychosocial assistance to children and mothers in reception centres, distribution of hygienic items to women with small children in two locations, partial reconstruction of HIA’s former reception centre, and preparation for winterization.
1 April 2015 – Seven months after unprecedented flooding in 2014, Jammu and Kashmir have again been lashed with heavy and incessant rains in the past 36 hours.
13 January 2015 – Flooding and heavy rains have affected 17 districts in the country. Four out of these districts have been heavily affected and include: Mulanje, Nsanje, Chikwawa and Karonga. ACT Forum in Malawi plans to respond in these four heavily affected districts.
15 January 2015 – Chad is one of the poorest countries, ranking 184 out of 187 on the Human Development Index and 5th on the Fragile States Index. The country is affected by conflicts in neighbouring countries, notably Central African Republic, Sudan, Nigeria and Libya.
