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CARE delivers emergency items to 1000 families

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(Gelöschtes Mitglied) schrieb am 23.11.2007
After the Cyclone the situation of thousands of people is still desperate. Mumtaz, 34 year old fisher, is still in shock after barely surviving Cyclone Sidr. Her village Katachira experienced the full force of the cyclone. The sea surge ripped her two year old child away and died. Her two older sons and her husband survived. Her house and her fishing boat has been swept away, too. CARE delivered 1-1.2 kilos of rice and some sugar and oil to her and her family. The package that Mumtaz received was eventually divided between three families. She doesn´t know when they will eat again. Most people in the village agree that they desperately need food and drinking water if they are going to make it. While the extent of the damage in Katachira and other villages like it is being assessed, CARE and other humanitarian organizations have already begun distribution of food, and materials needed to help villagers get through the catastrophe. But the amount of help that can be provided depends to a large extent on funding. “If our luck is good,” says Mumtaz, “we will live.”

CARE has distributed food to 750 families and survival kits to 250 families so far.

CARE has delivered 15 pumps to drain polluted seawater before it causes further damage to soil and has send five medical teams in the affectes areas.

On behalf of the affected people we would thank you for your support!