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Christian Aid: Africa floods appeal

Floods across large swathes of east and west Africa have washed away homes, crops and livestock leaving hundreds of thousands in urgent need of food and shelter. There are also fears of cholera outbreaks in some of the worst affected regions.

Christian Aid will be supporting the relief efforts of its local partners in the areas hit by the floods.

Uganda

400,000 people have been affected and more than 150,000 people have lost their homes in the eastern regions of Katakwi and Amuria.

The floods have made a bad situation worse for many people who were already living in camps or who had recently returned to their abandoned homes following years of conflict. In some cases the camps have also flooded and people have moved in to schools, churches and town halls seeking refuge.

Christian Aid partner TEDDO have a long history of working in the eastern regions and have made an initial assessment of how many of people need what. Christian Aid will be supporting their relief work in the region and will report back.

Ghana

Flooding has wreaked havoc in northern Ghana. 275,000 people have been affected, most having lost their homes and harvest.

The mainstay of Christian Aid's work in northern Ghana is around governance and trade. Christian Aid is, however, working with partners to identify possible opportunities to respond where needed.

Sudan

Seventeen out of Sudan's 25 states have been affected by the floods and more than 250,000 people have lost their homes.

Flooding began in July and Christian Aid is already responding to the situation in northern Upper Nile through an NGO consortium including Christian Aid partner the Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS) where 10,000 families have been affected, 2,000 of which have lost their homes.

The response includes the distribution of food, plastic sheeting, mosquito nets and buckets and the provision of health, water and sanitation services. The project will also encompass work to help families rebuild their homes, resettle and recover from the floods.

The consortium recognises that resettling families in their old homes will only lead to likely annual displacement with each year of floods so will use the opportunity to engage with government and communities to identify new safer places for the families to live.

Ethiopia

Heavy rains have caused serious, localised flooding across the northern regions of Tigray, Afar and Amhara. 183,000 people have been affected and more than 43,000 people have lost their homes.

Christian Aid has long standing partners working in Tigray and Amhara and will be working with them to identify where they are best placed to respond to the emergency.

Kenya

Flooding in Bundalangi in western Kenya has rendered homeless over a third of the local population. 20,000 people are in urgent need of assistance and there are fears that if the rains continue the situation will deteriorate.

Burkina Faso

More than 40,000 people have been affected, with over 7,000 people homeless and vast areas of farmland crops destroyed by flood waters.

The situation threatens an impending food crisis and a water-bourn locust infestation due to stagnant flood waters that make conditions ripe.

Our local partners - ODE, Reseau Marp and UCEC-Sahel - are currently assessing immediate needs and Christian Aid will be supporting their relief efforts in the country.

Rwanda

Landslides and flooding have rendered approximately 1,000 people homeless in the Gisenyi region. Christian Aid will be supporting its partner, the Episcopal Church, to provide temporary shelter for the homeless, as well as food, seeds and other essential items.

Niger

More than 32,000 have lost their homes in the north, south and west of the country. Some parts of the east have also been affected, with 3,000 left homeless. The government is responding to the situation and so far is not requesting extra support.