Emergency relief for flood victims victims in Rubavu underway

Emergency relief for flood victims victims in Rubavu underway

BY GEORGE KAGAME


The Ministry of Internal Affairs is working around the clock to get emergency relief to help the victims of floods from the torrential rains that caused widespread destruction in the Western Province last Sunday, this was revealed by @@@@ Celeste Twahirwa the officer in charge of disaster management in the said ministry.

Twahirwa was speaking during a meeting with key partners involved in the drive to provide emergency relief to the victims, he said the government along with World Food Programme, UNICEF and Rwanda Red Cross, "we are working with a group of technicians from these institutions, they have helped to assess the damage, each of these institutions has committed to contributing to the emergency relief process."

The rains left 35 people injured on top of destroying thousands of houses in Gisenyi town and 107 classroom blocks were also razed to the ground according to Gideon Ruboneka, a senior official in Rubavu district.
The current rain season which began late September has also affected many areas in the Eastern Province where over 100 houses mostly in Kirehe district were shattered.The Ministry of Internal Affairs along with local government officials have been trying to resettle the victims.


"So far we been able to collect 1800 iron-sheets from UNICEF and Red Cross, 1700 plastic covers for temporary shelters of the victims, apart from that we have organized teams to help in the reconstruction of the basic infrastructure especially schools that was affected by the rains.

Rubavu district is eternally at the centre of natural nightmares, in february this year 44 people died from an earthquake which rocked this western part of the country which is located in the basin of Lake Kivu and a large volcanic activity presence in the area.