UNICEF Highlights Needs Of Flood-affected Ugandans

UNICEF expressed its deep concern over the situation of some 300,000 people affected by flooding in eastern and northern Uganda. The large majority of them are children and women. The worst flooding to hit Uganda in decades, the aftermath of steady rains since July, has forced an estimated 200,000 people from their homes and in need of immediate, emergency shelter and household items to ward off disease and stave off further casualties. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Aid / Disasters on September 28th, 2007