“Oxfam: Thousands isolated after cyclone”
“One month after cyclone Idai can 10 000’s of people still remain isolated. This is according to Ulrich Wagner who leads Oxfam’s work in Mozambique.”
“If we do not mobilize, they run the risk to not get any help at all,” he says to TT.”
“After a 24 hour journey by car, motorcycle and canoe reached a group from Oxfam, together with local aid workers the other day the city Gentivo. There were 2 000 people who have been isolated.”
“– Many of them had lived on the rooftops of weeks until the water started to drain away. They have survived on coconuts and the few fish they have managed to capture. When our team came your the cheer, in the hope that they would finally get some help, ” says Ulrich Wagner.”
“Stationed in the port city of Beira, he leads Oxfam’s work and tries to prioritize among the huge needs.”
“Initially, it was about trying to help the people who have managed to escape their homes and move to temporary camps in schools or sjuhus. Now, the focus is instead on those that were left. And where need Oxfam and other aid organizations boats and helicopters.”
” We have found around 6 000 people, but it is only in one area and we fear that we have many white spots on the map, particularly along the coastal areas. Logistics – getting there – is extremely difficult, and I fear that 10 000’s of people are still scattered over the inaccessible areas, ” says Ulrich Wagner.”
“the united nations has so far managed to get 21 percent of the total man appealed for international. Oxfam, together with its partners Save the Children, Care and Cosaca so far only 30 per cent of the funding needed for the rescue of the 450 000 people who you want to help.”
“at the same time, now have 4 600 cholera cases found in the densely populated areas in and around the city of Beira, anything that can be done only water, latrines and hygiene again can be made secure and work, says Wagner, who also visited the Buzi, the area hit hardest. Where has Oxfam set up a local office.”
“– It looked like a war zone, everything is brown, most of the trees have fallen down, where it once stood houses are just scattered piles of debris. Latrinerna have been washed away and much of the water has been infected. This is a very dangerous area when it comes to outbreak of diseases.”
“the Cyclone Idai, according to the UN,”
” Not only harvest has been destroyed but also that which was out of stock. Traders in the Buziområdet have been forced to close shops, spannmålsförråden has started to rot and become toxic.”
“– It is not over yet, food will be difficult in even a year. More money is needed!”
“the Cyclone Idai reached the country near the port city of Beira, Mozambique on 14 march with winds of up to 177 kmu002Fh. Rescue teams reached the city on 17 march.”
“the Cyclone hit eastern Zimbabwe on 15 and 16 march. More than two million lives, of which 1.85 million in Mozambique, has been affected by Idais rampage. So far, around 1,000 deaths reported. The UN has requested more than 2.5 billion in aid to the affected region, the next three months.”
“the UN chief António indochina war linking the disaster to climate change.”
