Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS), in co-ordination with the Mauritanian Red Crescent, activated its Disaster Information Management Centre (DIMC) on August 3 in an emergency response to the recent flooding disaster in Mauritania.
Such a move aims to gather real-time information and get updates on the humanitarian situation in the area, according to QRCS.
QRCS allocated $100,000 from its Disaster Response Fund to provide relief for the victims of floods, mitigate the impact of the disaster, meet the basic needs, and support government efforts in the target areas: Nbeika Town (Tagant Region), Guerou Department (Assaba Region), and Ayoun Al-Atrous Town (Hodh Al-Gharbi Region).
The emergency relief intervention plan involves providing food, non-food, shelter, and health aid for 300 flood-affected families, or 1,800 people.
Floods have severely hit many villages and communities in three regions of Mauritania; damaged roads and blocked the transportation of people and goods; and caused large-scale destruction to infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and dams. Some marketplaces and commercial areas have been submerged, and large quantities of household food stock flooded.
Public water resources were badly affected, especially in the communities that depend mainly on water wells, with the consequent risk of contamination.
There have been nine deaths (mostly children), 2,236 affected families, and 1,560 damaged homes. Communication and power supply services in most cities are intermittent.
According to initial reports, the current basic needs are shelter (tents, blankets, and pillows), foodstuffs, relief items (blankets, kitchenware, hygiene kits, tarpaulins, and mosquito nets), and potable water.
QRCS allocated $100,000 from its Disaster Response Fund to provide relief for the victims of floods, mitigate the impact of the disaster, meet the basic needs, and support government efforts in the target areas: Nbeika Town (Tagant Region), Guerou Department (Assaba Region), and Ayoun Al-Atrous Town (Hodh Al-Gharbi Region).
The emergency relief intervention plan involves providing food, non-food, shelter, and health aid for 300 flood-affected families, or 1,800 people.
Floods have severely hit many villages and communities in three regions of Mauritania; damaged roads and blocked the transportation of people and goods; and caused large-scale destruction to infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and dams. Some marketplaces and commercial areas have been submerged, and large quantities of household food stock flooded.
Public water resources were badly affected, especially in the communities that depend mainly on water wells, with the consequent risk of contamination.
There have been nine deaths (mostly children), 2,236 affected families, and 1,560 damaged homes. Communication and power supply services in most cities are intermittent.
According to initial reports, the current basic needs are shelter (tents, blankets, and pillows), foodstuffs, relief items (blankets, kitchenware, hygiene kits, tarpaulins, and mosquito nets), and potable water.