Autumn 2009
Thanks to the generous support of Christian Aid’s supporters, we raised £153,000/€210,000 to help those whose lives had been affected by the Africa floods in 2007.
This, in addition to our general emergency funds, enabled us to provide immediate assistance to those most in need in the countries worst affected.
‘The flooding in eastern Uganda was reportedly the worst in living memory’
Uganda
Christian Aid sent £85,738/€117,683, split between two partners in the east of Uganda working in the Katakwi and Amuria districts, the worst affected regions of the country.
The flooding in eastern Uganda was reportedly the worst in living memory. 400,000 people were affected and more than 150,000 people’s homes were either destroyed or seriously damaged.
Ghana
Christian Aid sent £101,000/€139,000 to two partners working in the Northern and Upper Eastern regions of Ghana.
The floods destroyed people’s homes and washed away harvests. Agencies have predicted severe food shortages in the north in 2008 because of the extent of the damage caused by the floods.
Sudan
Flooding began in July in 17 of the country’s 25 states.
Christian Aid responded to the situation in northern Upper Nile where 10,000 families were affected, 2,000 of which lost their homes. Christian Aid sent £75,000/€103,000 to an NGO consortium of local and international organisations including Christian Aid partner the Episcopal Church of Sudan (ECS).
Ethiopia
Heavy rains caused serious, localised flooding across the country. Christian Aid focused its response on the regions where little help was getting through and sent £50,000 to support projects in Gambella, in south-western Ethiopia, and in the North Shoa and North Wollo zones of Amhara.
The projects were jointly managed by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) and the Evangelical Church of Mekane Yesus (EECMY) and the funds enabled the distribution of 22,000 blankets, mattresses, Jeri cans and cooking pots to the worst affected families.
Burkina Faso
More than 40,000 people were affected, with over 7,000 people made homeless and vast areas of farmland crops destroyed by flood waters.
Christian Aid sent £60,000/€86,000 to partner organisation ODE to fund distribution of cereal crops, oil, fish and flour to more than 18,500 people affected by the floods.
ODE received a further £30,000/€43,000 in January 2008 to fund longer term work to enable communities to identify areas prone to flooding and to adopt farming strategies to protect themselves from the effects of floods.