(MENAFNEditorial) LONDON United-Kingdom February 12 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The UK will provide more food blankets and essential supplies for the thousands of people who have lost their homes due to the floods in Malawi International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced today.
This will include food for 370000 people and improved access to water sanitation for 34000 people to prevent the spread of disease.
The Department for International Development (DFID)'s £4.1 million funding is also supporting early recovery efforts to enable people to rebuild their livelihoods which have been devastated by the floods. Justine Greening said:
'We are deeply saddened by the loss of life in Malawi due to the floods. The UK has been quick off the mark to deliver emergency aid so that food cook stoves and other vital supplies are getting through to families who have had to leave their homes and belongings.
'We are also working hard to enable those living in camps to return home as the water subsides to rebuild their homes and replant the crops Malawians have lost.'
The latest assessments by the UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) of the impact of the floods found that 104 people have died with 65 people injured and 172 people still missing. The number of people displaced to temporary shelters is estimated to be 230000.
Working with UNICEF World Food Programme Concern Universal GOAL Malawi and other international NGOs UK assistance is providing:
• food for 370000 people;
• emergency water sanitation and hygiene facilities and supplies for 34000 people to prevent the spread of disease;
• non-food items – like cook stoves blankets cooking utensils mosquito nets and tarpaulins – for thousands of displaced families;
• support to partners working to protect vulnerable groups particularly women and girls including with reproductive health interventions and action against gender based violence;
• solar lighting in camps;
• coordination and technical personnel to ensure that support is directed where it is needed; and
• seeds and tools to help more than 54000 people who had their crops washed away by the floods to rebuild their livelihoods.
DFID is working closely with partners to ensure that support reaches those that need it most in line with the Government of Malawi's Preliminary Response Plan. In addition the UK is monitoring the situation on the ground so that it can respond to possible disease outbreaks.
This funding will come from DFID's existing budget for Malawi without affecting activity in other programmes.
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