Torrential rains - 275,000 diplaced in Ghana
In a previous post, I highlighted the problem of exceptional heavy rains in West Africa. The situation extended to Eastern Africa, causing serious damage on the continent. Ghana is said to have been the worst hit but attracted little attention from the international community. ('Nearly 275,000' affected by floods in little-known disaster,IRIN)
"The government’s National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) says floods have affected close to 275,000 people in the Upper East, Upper West and Northern Regions of the country." (idem)
"Imminent famine"
"(...)with the flood damage, government officials and aid workers warn of serious food shortages, due to the destroyed crops and farmlands (...)" (idem)
"“There is an imminent famine in the area,” added Nana Akrasi-Sarpong, public relations manager at the Ministry of the Interior, appealing to the international community for help" (idem)
"(...)the Red Cross (...) warned: “We are looking at a major, major disaster in the months to come.”" (idem)
"Floods in the Greater Accra Region in June killed six people, according to NADMO. In May, a rainstorm in Tamale, the capital of the Northern Region, destroyed schools, hospitals, homes and government buildings. The government had been sending relief items and construction materials to the thousands of people affected. They were in the process of rebuilding their homes when the latest floods hit, NADMO’s Amoo said." (idem)
2 comments:
hello miss ces inondations si destructives pour les hommes sont je pense un retour de la destructions que les hommes ont imposes a la planete nous sommes dans un combat pas tres egal contre la nature nouriciere et ses elements destructeurs , ce combat doit cesser le plus rapidement possible car si on ne s'incline pas aux force de la nature ....
ben la nature nous detruira , on est les seul etres vivants a vouloir se rebeller contre cette loi imuable...
malheuresement on a oublier que c'est un combat ou on doit se battre contre nous meme je me demande commen on a pu arriver la ......des siecles d'extravagances,le comfort tue je pense que c'est bien vrai
Ceci dit il reste des gens qui ont trouver une autre voie
que leur message soit etendu et on a une chance de suivie et c'est les gens comme toi et moi et plein d'autres qui sont le vehicule de cette concept moins pour soi mais plus pour le monde et la nature
ne te laiise pas abattre par ces calamitees , ta voie est va dans le sens oppose et tu n'est pas toute seule may the force be with you my dear friend may your heart be the only light in some those dark days and never forget even the smallest good action has got resonnace in the universe because we are all one
look after yourself be careful of mosquito bites and non clear water.pleaseyour are going in the right direcetion and you'll get to be who you want be
bises
ton ami Pascal
Merci Pascal.
Le pire est que les catastrophes touchent souvent les plus défavorisés.
I took a (preventive) treatment against malaria but mosquitoes are plenty where I stay due to the negligence of the owners of the guest house and the workers.
Education makes a lot of difference as well although some use knowledge in bad ways.
I understood you turned Buddhist. It is certainly not a bad idea...
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