By olivier ciza | PROJECT LEADER
SAVE LIFE MAKE DIFFERENCE
BUJUMBURA BURUNDI
savelifemakedifference@gmail.com
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Introduction It was a hard time to bear, and everyone in the neighborhood was exhausted." From November 2023 to January 2024, 18 of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were hit by torrential rains that led to these unprecedented floods , with tragic consequences. Over the past two months, 18 of the DRC's 26 provinces have been affected by particularly heavy rains. OCHA estimates that more than 2 million people, nearly 60% of them children, are in need of assistance. to have destroyed or damaged nearly 100,000 homes, 1,325 schools and 267 health centers. Crops have been spoiled in waterlogged fields, suggesting food shortages in some areas. up efforts to contain the existing outbreak, which threatens to spiral out of control. Some meteorologists are predicting more rain, increasing the possibility that cholera will spread from endemic areas via the Congo River to the urban center of Kisangani and then to Kinshasa, the capital. In a similar situation in 2017, cholera spread across the country, causing nearly 55,000 cases and more than 1,100 deaths.
Children of DRC is facing the worst flooding in decades and the worst cholera outbreak in years. Rising waters have damaged their homes and increased the threat of waterborne diseases, putting them at increased risk. , said Grant Leaity, UNICEF Representative in the DRC. "If we do not intervene immediately to provide clean water, sanitation and health care to stop the spread of cholera , widespread flooding could push the number of cases to unprecedented levels." In 2023, more than 52,400 cases of cholera and 462 deaths were recorded in the DRC, making this epidemic among the largest in the world, according to the World Health Organization. The DRC accounted for 80% of all cholera cases in Africa. West and Central Africa.
For this project Emergency floods in Democratic Republic of Congo
$130 raised of $26,400 to go
Save life make difference
10/13/2024
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