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Somalia

Somalia - Floods Information Report No.2

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0041
1. UNDP/SOMALIA PROVIDED CONCLUDING INFORMATION ON FLOODS OF 5 NOVEMBER 1995 (DHA INFORMATION REPORT NO.1 OF 7 NOVEMBER 1995 REFERS) WHICH SERIOUSLY AFFECTED MOGADISHU.

2. 20 PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED DEAD.

3. THE UN SYSTEM, DONORS THROUGH DHA AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL NGO'S REACTED PROVIDING EMERGENCY RELIEF ITEMS AND COLLABORATING IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH ITEMS IN 8 CAMPS TO A TOTAL OF 1,700 FAMILIES.

4. HUTS HAVE NOW BEEN REBUILT AND LIFE IS SLOWLY RETURNING TO NORMAL. MOST OF THE STAGNANT FLOOD-WATER WAS PUMPED AND ALL THE WELLS WERE CHLORINATED AS PART OF AN ON-GOING SANITATION CAMPAIGN.

5. CONTRIBUTIONS REPORTED TO DHA

UN SYSTEM USD
DHA EMERGENCY GRANT RELIEF ACTIVITIES 50,000
GOVERNMENTS
ITALY (THROUGH DHA) RELIEF FLIGHT (INCLUDING WHO GOODS) FROM DHA WAREHOUSE IN PISA-ITALY 84,621
NORWAY (THROUGH DHA) RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ACTIVITIES 80,000
NGO'S
NIPPON FOUNDATION (THROUGH DHA) LOCAL PURCHASE OF RELIEF GOODS 20,000

6. THIS IS THE LAST SITUATION REPORT ON THIS EMERGENCY, UNLESS UNFORESEEN DEVELOPMENTS OCCUR.

7. FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES, DONORS ARE REQUESTED TO CONTINUE NOTIFYING DHA-GENEVA, AS INDICATED BELOW, OF BILATERAL RELIEF MISSIONS/PLEDGES/CONTRIBUTIONS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING VALUE BY ITEM.

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