Emergencies stories
Western Cape Floods
Friday, 12 July 2024
Cape Town has reported over 339 floods, vehicle accidents and road-obstructing incidents, resulting in 4,500 people being displaced and 15,000 structures damaged.
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Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Emergency
Thursday, 27 June 2024
The Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal have been severely affected with floods displacing thousands of people and resulting in 12 tragic fatalities so far.
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Violence, fear and hunger still stalk the people of Cabo Delgado
Friday, 07 June 2024
Cabo Delgado, the northern province of Mozambique, has been plagued by violence since 2017. People, who have watched their friends and family members killed – often decapitated or cut into pieces – tortured or raped and their homes and farms burnt to the ground, have been forced to flee to neighbouring areas. According to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), at the height of the conflict at least a million people were displaced and in January 2024, about 582,000 people had still not returned home. In February of this year there was a resurgence of conflict in the area.
- Published in From the field
Mozambicans rebuild after deadly Cyclone Freddy
Friday, 25 August 2023
- Published in Emergency response
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
- Published in Emergency response
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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