Bududa camp registers 80 mothers

Mar 24, 2010

A TOTAL of 80 pregnant mothers displaced by landslides in Namashate parish and neighbouring villages in Bududa district have been registered for care in Bulucheke camp.

By Paul Watala

A TOTAL of 80 pregnant mothers displaced by landslides in Namashate parish and neighbouring villages in Bududa district have been registered for care in Bulucheke camp.

Kevin Nabutuwa, the regional Red Cross Society coordinator, explained that the move is aimed at establishing the number of expectant mothers and children aged below five years in the camp so that they are given special attention.

“We have registered 80 expectant mothers and four of them have given birth,” Nabutuwa said.

She called for more tents, mosquito nets, mattresses and bedsheets for the victims.

“We expect more cases of malaria because some of their children don’t sleep under mosquito nets. So we are appealing to those giving help to focus on such items,” Nabutuwa said.

She hailed the UPDF medical team and the Indian community for providing health services to the victims.

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