Flood: Oxfam, NGO 1500 households in Borno with survival kits

By Ali Mohammed Zanna DKRI Maiduguri.

Oxfam in Nigeria, and the Christian Rural and Urban Development (CRUDAN) have supported a total of 1, 500 households affected by the recent flooding in Borno state with hygiene kits.

Speaking during the distribution excercise on Tuesday, the Country Director for Oxfam, John Makina, said the three councils were severely impacted by the recent floods disasters.

He disclosed that the intervention aimed to assist the victims and state government due to enormous impacted of the floods on Maiduguri and environs.

“In borno state, we are working with two other partners. The first which is CRUDAN are focusing on non food items that they are distributing, and CATAI who are actually distributing and providing support to those that were affected by the flooding with wash related interventions”

For Oxfam, he said “Oxfam is responsible for the multiple cash distribution that we have provided to the different households in the area.”

Meanwhile, the Director of CRUDAN, Joseph Gyandi, said the effort was aimed at supporting the state government and other stakeholders in their efforts to ameliorate the sufferings of the victims

According to him “We know the flood that ravaged the city of Maiduguri and the surrounding local governments, this has become so pertinent for us as an organization to work in terms of taking care of the acute crisis response that the people here will not go into a situation of disease outbreak and many other related diseases”

He further said that considering the magnitude of the devastaion caused by the flood which ravaged 17 wards in Maiduguri and environs, the groups seeks to offer assistance through intervention that was funded by the Dutch relief Alliance

“Our priority is water and hygine intervention. We have 1,500 household in general, benefiting from this very intervention in three local Government of the state, this initiative at enhancing the hygiene practices among the affected populace,”Joseph disclosed.

On his part, the Humanitarian Project Coordinator CRUDAN, Tafuko Tabwassah, explained that the two-day intervention which targeted a total of 1,500 households will cover “400 households Masisandari ward in MMC, 350 households Galtimari, 350 households in Usmanti Konduga and 400 households Mashamari Kwanan Yobe respectively”

Two among the beneficiaries, Hajja Zara and Falmata Bulama expressed their gratitude for the timely intervention, acknowledging the positive impact of the hygiene kits on their families’ well-being.

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