Funds Sent To: Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Uganda
Amount Sent: USD60,000
Date: 12 October 2010
Details of Response
Emergency: Assistance to people affected by floods in Teso sub-region, North Eastern Uganda
Date of Emergency: 12 October 2010
Katakwi district in Teso sub-region of Uganda has been seriously affected by above-normal rainfall of 47% since April. As a result, the situation is slowly but steadily worsening.
Implementing Member: Lutheran World Federation
DETAILS OF THE EMERGENCY:
From data collected by district authorities, the abnormal rainfall has seriously affected Katakwi District in Teso sub-region for more than five months. As rains continued, the situation slowly worsened.
Run-off water from neighbouring districts flows into Katakwi through rivers and streams towards swamps making the situation there worse than in the nearby districts. Swamps have swollen, roads destroyed and bridges collapsed. The soils are saturated, causing vast areas to be water logged.
Houses are collapsing easily. There is serious seepage into water sources from flooded latrines and waste floats into water sources and houses. At least 517 latrines have collapsed in four sub-counties of the nine in Katakwi and Amuria, according to preliminary data.
At least 17 schools in six of the nine sub-counties are seriously affected. Buildings have collapsed and latrines flooded.
United Nations Department for Safety and Security (UNDSS) reported a collapsed bridge on 11 October near Soroti on the main Soroti - Mbale - Kampala road. The main water-pumping station in Soroti has submerged into the swamps. Since then, there has been no clean water pumped into Soroti, Kaberamaido, Katakwi and Amuria.