51,000 Flood Victims to Receive Red Cross Assistance in Far North Cameroon
The distribution targets 8,612 households with a total population of 51,000 persons in the localities of Kousseri, Goulfey, Makari, and Logone-Birni in Cameroon. The exercise will last for three months.
The Cameroon Red Cross Society yesterday, Dec. 18, launched a food distribution programme towards victims of a flooding disaster that hit the Far North region recently. The operation, headed by the President of the Cameroon Red Cross, Mrs. Cecile Akame Mfoumou, would hand over foodstuff to affected families in the Logone-et-Chari division.
The initiative, to be carried out in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP), is expected to respond to the increasing vulnerabilities of communities impacted by floods and other humanitarian crises. It targets households with over three persons, with particular focus on children between 6 and 23 months.
The foodstuff to be distributed would include sorghum, vegetable oil, salt, legumes, and super cereals. The distribution targets 8,612 households with a total population of 51,000 persons in the localities of Kousseri, Goulfey, Makari, and Logone-Birni. The exercise will last for three months.
“This is real manna from heaven,”declared Makala Ibrahim, a victim of the recent floods in the Far North as he received vital and urgent assistance.
The Red Cross President says the project illustrates the will of the government and its humanitarian partners to reinforce food security and assist communities in distress.
It should be recalled that during the months of July and August 2024, the Far North region was hard hit by torrential rains occasioning floods that resulted in large material damages in Diamaré, Mayo-Tsanaga, Mayo-Danay, Mayo-Kani, and Logone et Chari divisions.
According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), at least 200,075 persons were affected by floods in five divisions of the Far North Region namely Logone et Chari, Mayo-Danay, Diamaré, Mayo-Tsanaga and Mayo-Kani.
The floods caused the deaths of 11 persons including four children in the town of Maroua and resulted in the destruction of 12,541 houses, 7,870 hectres of cultivable land, with 1,298 cattle dead.
The Cameroon Red Cross Society, in collaboration with the World Food Programme, has initiated a food distribution programme to assist victims of recent flooding in the Far North region. Led by President Cecile Akame Mfoumou, the programme aims to support 8,612 households, focusing on children aged 6 to 23 months, in Kousseri, Goulfey, Makari, and Logone-Birni over the next three months. This follows torrential floods in July and August 2024, which affected over 200,000 people and caused widespread destruction and loss, including 11 deaths and significant damage to property and livestock. The initiative underscores the commitment to strengthening food security and aiding distressed communities.
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