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UNFPA redouble efforts to flood victims
Highlights
- The floods have worsened the severe humanitarian crisis in Mali, which has not experienced such a rise in water levels following a torrential downpour since 1967. The flooding claimed 76 lives, and affected 37,092 households (259,795 people). More than 70% were women and children.
- On September 17, 2024, the capital Bamako was the target of two terrorist attacks affecting the gendarmerie school and Bamako Airport, resulting in the temporary closing of the airport and cancellation of international and national flights, including UNHAS flights.
- Clashes between state and non-state forces continue, characterized by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted on major routes as well as complex attacks by GANES, causing further population movements towards the main cities of the North and Centre regions.
- UNFPA has ramped up its support to flood victims and mobilized an additional US$500,000 in emergency funds (EF) from corporate resources.
- UNFPA has assisted a total of 7,016 people affected by the floods through mobile clinics that provide integrated sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and gender-based violence (GBV) services and activities, including key information on GBV and available SRH and GBV services. 74% of those assisted are women and girls.
The floods in Mali have worsened the severe humanitarian context already weakened by years of conflict and forced displacement. There have been 49 cases of flooding recorded and 76 people have died. The floods have also resulted in the collapse of 37,092 houses, affecting 259,795 people, of which more than 70 per cent are women and children.
UNFPA has ramped up its support to flood victims and mobilized an additional US$500,000 in emergency funds from corporate resources.
During September, UNFPA assisted a total of 7,016 people affected by the floods through mobile clinics that provide integrated sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and gender-based violence (GBV) services and activities. UNFPA has also been supporting 86 health facilities and four safe spaces for women and girls.
UNFPA are supporting the capacity building of service providers, having trained 45 participants on gender-based violence risk reduction during humanitarian crises, and 26 clinical providers on the Minimum Initial Service Package for SRH and the correct utilization of Inter-Agency Reproductive Health kits.
A funding gap of US$6.6 million still remains from the US$15 million UNFPA needs to provide the necessary SRH and GBV interventions in Mali in 2024.