Cyclone Idai has swept through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe over the past few days, destroying almost everything in its path, causing devastating floods, killing and injuring thousands of people and ruining crops. More than 2.6 million people could be affected across the three countries, and the port city of Beira, which was hit on Friday and is home to 500,000 people, is now an “island in the ocean”, almost completely cut off. The UN has said that this could be the worst disaster of its kind to hit the Southern hemisphere. Tens of thousands of families have been displaced and significant search and rescue operations are underway. Families need help to rebuild their homes, and they are in need of mosquito nets, as the area is at high risk of malaria. The flooding also means that clean water is very hard to come by, which increases the risk of outbreaks of cholera and typhoid significantly.
There are currently 5 volunteers present in the pre-schools project. At the moment they are stil trying to get an overall picture of the damage in the Chilangoma area. So far they could only reach a few villages. More than half of the houses in these villages are completely destroyed. We will give updates on the situation, as soon as we get more information from the volunteers and our other contacts in Malawi.
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