Comoros - Emergency humanitarian aid for flood victims

The present intervention concerns the emergency humanitarian assistance to flood victims. This operation is designed because of the severe flooding caused by the torrential rains that fell on the Comoros during April 2012 on three islands of the archipelago (Grande Comore, Anjouan and Moheli Island). In fact, about 57,232 people were affected, 1,800 homes were destroyed and more than 14,400 people were displaced. In addition, the floods have caused major destruction of the water supply network, leaving the population without drinking water and exposing them to all the risks associated with waterborne diseases. In view of the scale of the disaster and its consequences, the Government requested international assistance and the donor community, including the African Development Bank, to support it in its efforts to restore the situation very quickly. The Bank's intervention should ultimately provide 7,100 households with food products (rice, sugar, oil, canned sardines) over a period of one month. The Bank's donation should also be used to purchase school kits for 20,480 schoolchildren but also teaching kits for teachers in 560 classes. Finally, the Bank's resources should be used for the purchase of 10,796 impregnated mosquito nets to protect the affected populations from malaria.