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UN delivers vital supplies to flood-affected families in Belet Weyne

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Last updated: November 4, 2019
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A minitruck packed with high energy biscuits is ready to be offloaded to a logistics supplies helicopter from the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service to distribute to the floods victims of Shabelle river in Beletweyne, Somalia on 31 October 2019. UN Photo / Omar Abdisalan

Belet Weyne(SONNA)– The United Nations has joined the national efforts to provide immediate assistance to tens of thousands of people affected by floods that have devastated parts of Somalia, especially Belet Weyne district in Hirshabelle State.

The World Food Programme (WFP), the food-assistance branch of the United Nations, and other partners facilitated by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) have scaled up humanitarian response, providing food to address the short-term nutrition needs of flood-affected families, as well as potable water, sanitation, shelter and health assistance.

The director of WFP in Somalia, Caesar Arroyo, said that the agency was working closely with Somali Government authorities to deliver relief items to affected families. The agency had delivered by road and airlifted over 260 metric tons of critical relief supplies, including high-energy biscuits.

“This is food that doesn’t need preparation and can support children, mothers, and everybody else who will need immediate response,” noted Arroyo.

Arroyo added that WFP would continue delivering food to support about 4,000 households, or about 24,000 beneficiaries.

“In the meantime, we are bringing more commodities as a roller food basket, to be able to support up to two months, the area of Belet Weyne and surrounding locations, which are flooded and impacted by the latest climate change situation,” said Arroyo.

Heavy seasonal rains triggered floods along the Juba and Shabelle rivers in Hirshabelle, Jubaland and South West states. Flash flooding was also reported in Benadir region, Jowhar in Hirshabelle, and Ceel Jaale and Jamame in Jubaland.

In Belet Weyne district alone, over 270,000 people have been affected, and casualties have been reported. Farmland and infrastructure have been destroyed and livelihoods disrupted in some of the worst-hit areas.

 

“The floods may eclipse what we experienced last year”

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