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Cyclone Idai: Unicef urges assistance to children
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IANS | 25 Mar, 2019
The Unicef has urged the international community to provide assistance
to the children affected by Cyclone Idai that has killed 417 people in
Africa and has left over 1,500 displaced.
"We are in a race
against time to help and protect children in the disaster-ravaged areas
of Mozambique," Henrietta Fore, Executive Director, Unicef, said on
Saturday after visiting Beira, one of the areas most affected by the
cyclone.
A week after Beira was hit by Cyclone Idai, "aid
agencies are barely beginning to see the scale of the damage," said
Fore, as she called for more international support to help quickly get
relief to more than 1 million people across the country and prevent the
possible spread of waterborne diseases like cholera, reports Xinhua news
agency.
Initial government estimates show that 1.8 million
people across the country, including 900,000 children, have been
affected by the cyclone which slammed the country last week.
"The
situation will get worse before it gets better," said Fore, noting that
as aid agencies have now gotten a clearer picture of the devastation,
with some reporting that entire villages were submerged, buildings
flattened and schools and health care centres destroyed in the days
since the storm struck.
Cyclone Idai started as a tropical
depression in Malawi, where it forced families from their homes into
churches, schools and public buildings. Nearly half a million children
are affected.
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