Danish Embassy gives sh130m to flood victims
May 12, 2013
As the number of people affected by Kasese floods sores to over 25, 000, the Danish embassy has released sh130m to the Uganda Red Cross society to help resettle the victims.
By Lillian Babirye
As the number of people affected by Kasese floods sores to over 25, 000, the Danish embassy has released sh130m to the Uganda Red Cross society to help resettle the victims.
While handing over the money at the weekend, the ambassador of Denmark to Uganda, Dan Frederickson, said the flooding in Kasese is probably the worst ever.
“This support to Uganda Red Cross Society is to ensure access to water and sanitation, shelter, food and psychological services among others,” Frederickson Said.
In the same spirit, Strides Uganda, a non-governmental organisation which promotes family health, has also donated 800 water purifying kits worth sh25m.
The assortments which included buckets, filters water purifying sackets among other items are to benefit 800 households for three months in the affected communities in Kasese District. Celia Kakande handed over the items to Red Cross.
Micheal Nataka, the secretary general of Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS), said that people at both Kasese and Bugoye primary school camps cannot go back to their original homes as their houses were completely destroyed.
“As URCS we are grateful to the partners who have made various contributions; however, we continue to seek for a total of sh1.8bn to assist at least 18,000 people,” Nataka said.
Heavy rains early this month led to the bursting of River Nyamwamba banks and affected nine sub-counties in Kasese washing away houses, crops, and destroying infrastructure such as bridges, roads, power lines and Kilembe Mines Hospital.