UNICEF Provides 1 Million Dollar In Emergency Supplies To Zambia

UNICEF will provide more than US$1 million in emergency assistance including tents, school supplies, and basic household items to approximately 70,000 Zambian families whose homes have been washed away during recent floods. This is the second consecutive year that Zambia has suffered looses due to flooding, resulting in a growing food insecurity crisis. An estimated 45 per cent of this year’s crop harvest in the Southern Province is lost.

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Filed under: Aid / Disasters on February 26th, 2008