Emergency response stories
Mozambicans rebuild after deadly Cyclone Freddy
Friday, 25 August 2023
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Women in emergency response
Friday, 07 July 2023
Adel Terblanche, ForAfrika’s Western Cape community development officer The secret to emergency response is to be prepared, says Adel Terblanche, ForAfrika’s Western Cape community development officer. In the past few weeks, Adel has been very busy helping thousands of people affected by the province’s recent devastating floods. “You need to make sure that you are
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Dercia wonders what her home is like after Cyclone Freddy hit
Thursday, 09 March 2023
Escape: Dercia Jose Maunze managed to walk to safety in a neighbouring village after torrential rain caused flooding in Mabote The young student escaped the rising waters, but her village was cut off when roads were washed away Dercia Jose Maunze’s life was turned upside down when Cyclone Freddy hit her small village in the
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Cyclone Freddy uproots Maria’s crops
Tuesday, 07 March 2023
Destroyed: Maria Nguila stands among her decimated cassava crops The full-time farmer is still reeling from the damage the tropical storm wreaked on her land Maria Nguila is devastated. The 57-year-old farmer from Vilankulo in Inhambane province, Mozambique watched as Cyclone Freddy decimated her crops last week. The heavy rains caused flooding; waterlogging her groundnut
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ForAfrika responds to Cyclone Freddy
Tuesday, 07 March 2023
En route: Roads were blocked by trees that had fallen over in the tropical storm, delaying ForAfrika’s team delivering essential supplies On 24 February, Cyclone Freddy hit the coast of Mozambique as a tropical storm. Heavy rains and flooding ensued. ForAfrika was prepared for the fallout. When Cyclone Freddy made landfall in Mozambique, ForAfrika was
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ForAfrika saves the lives of gunshot patients – and delivers new babies
Monday, 30 January 2023
The good nurse: Lillian Achirochan consults with a patient at the Pibor Health Care Centre. The centre in now under ForAfrika’s management Inter-communal conflict in South Sudan in December left 60 dead and many more injured and displaced. ForAfrika’s clinic staff stepped up to the task and took on emergency cases The lone teenaged gunshot
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ForAfrika and partners bring back smiles to flood-hit KwaZulu-Natal
Thursday, 27 October 2022
A box of necessities helps to relieve the suffering, but long-term, sustainable projects are needed in these areas A few months after catastrophic floods hit the coastal regions of the KwaZulu-Natal province, families are still struggling to piece their lives back together. ForAfrika and partners worked together to bring some relief to those worst affected
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After floods, more than 30,000 no longer have a home
Tuesday, 20 September 2022
Although annual flooding happens each year in South Sudan, in the past few years it has become more severe and reaching places it did not before. Along the roads, outside the town of Aweil in South Sudan, families have erected makeshift homes using branches and plastic sheeting. They were forced to flee to higher ground
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Emergency appeal as heavy flooding hits South Africa
Thursday, 21 April 2022
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