Thursday 21 February 2008

21 February - The Homeless

Victims of Hurricane Ivan
The crowd housed in tents
The conditions of disaster victims evacuated from Anosimahavelona are precarious. put up in tents, they lack a minimum of comfort.
 
Some disaster victims are beginning to suffer from the cold.

At Anosizato West, one of the sites hosting evacuees to Anosimahavelona on the night of Feb. 18, eighty people live under one tent. The surface estimated at 144 m2 excludes tramway for the occupants.
A total of 2400 people, distributed in a dozen tents have sought refuge on this site Anosizato West. At night, they find it difficult to sleep. "I find it hard to bear the air confined here, with all the world," complains Richard Rakotonandrasana, one of the flood victims.
On the other hand, the common problem faced by these refugees is the fight against humidity. Water seeps in tents, as overnight advance, preventing them from sleeping well.
At the time of the evacuation, the majority of families were unable to recover a single coverage. Some of them go to bed in wet clothes. Suzanne Razanadratsimba, a mother of the family is still in shock from the flood that swept away all his belongings.
"I feel like reliving the nightmare of the flooding of the night when we were rescued at Anosimahavelona," said she in the media. She and her companions want officials soon found a solution to this uncomfortable humidity.

Emerging diseases
Already, the diseases associated with intolerance to cold is felt. Headaches, colic and malaria are the first diagnoses made by the officers of the Red Cross Analamanga during their descent on the ground in the morning yesterday.
Also, the food-they are beginning to do The same scenario occurs at Tanjombato,
Next to the Smart Gallery, the second site to house the disaster of Anosimahavelona.

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Officials relief inundated.
The region Analamanga recorded the largest number with 15000 affected on 20000 identified throughout Madagascar.
The homeless are divided into sixty-ten tents prepositioned by the National Bureau of risk management and disaster (BNGRC).
Tiraillé between relief required at all affected in the four corners of the island and the division of labour, BNGRC is overwhelmed by its mission. The affected Analamanga complain of a lack of tents.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

How awful for these people.

Anonymous said...

I feel ashamed sitting here in my safe dry stable house, eating a biscuit, sipping tea and tapping away on my pc. I can't begin to imagine how terrifying it must be to endure such a long time trying to hold onto your life, your love, breathe..and hope that you make it...but to what..total devastation.

Anonymous said...

Pharm..could you show us where they are on a map?