EU biedt hulp aan India voor tropische cycloon door Rode Kruis (en)
22/10/2013 - This powerful cyclone which hit India on 12 October, left a trail of destruction in its path. Fortunately, thanks to the evacuation of almost one million people, the fatalities were relatively few. However, many people have lost their homes and livelihoods and need help to pick up the pieces.
The European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) has allocated €96 748 to the disaster relief emergency fund of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC), following a funding appeal by the organisation to urgently respond to the needs of almost 15 000 vulnerable families affected by Cyclone Phailin. The funds, channelled through the Indian Red Cross Society, will be used to provide temporary shelters, clothes, kitchen sets, water buckets and safe drinking water. Health education activities will also be held to curb the spread of water-borne diseases.
Read more through our press release below and read the account of the ECHO expert who lived through the worse moments of the storm and participated in the first assessments of the aftermath.
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