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Tanzania: Hailstorm (Shinyanga) Emergency Plan of Action Final Report (MDRTZ016)

Pays
Tanzanie
Sources
IFRC
Date de publication
Origine
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A. Situation analysis

Description of the disaster

On the 3rd March 2015 at around 23:00 hrs, hailstorms accompanied by strong winds and heavy rainfall pounded the villages of Mwakata, Magung’unhwa and Nhumbi in Msalala district, Shinyanga region. The villages are located 20 kilometres from Kahama town, 75 kilometres from Shinyanga town and 1,000 kilometres North-West of Dar es Salaam. According to the Tanzania Red Cross Society (TRCS) up to 5,000 people were affected, including 3,500 people who were displaced, Six hundred and thirty four (634) houses destroyed ,47 people killed and 112 injured majority of whom were children.

On the 4th March 2015, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) released CHF 115,885 from the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the TRCS provide immediate relief assistance to 500 families (3,000 people) affected by the storms, for a period of three months.

Following the launch of the DREF operation, the procurement of some Non Food Items (NFIs) items (mosquito nets, blankets and water buckets) were done through the IFRC East Africa and Indian Ocean Islands (EAIOI) regional office in Nairobi , however slight delay was experienced during the clearance process thus affecting distribution . On 14 May 2015, the timeframe of the DREF operation was extended by six weeks (until 30 June 2015), and then on the 17th June 2015, by additional two weeks (until 14 July 2015). All activities planned within the DREF operation were completed by the end of June 2015.

The DREF was partially replenished by DG ECHO. The other major donors and partners of the DREF are the Red Cross Societies and governments of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the USA, as well as DG ECHO, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) the Medtronic and Zurich and other corporate and private donors. The IFRC, on behalf of the Tanzania Red Cross Society would like to extend its thanks to all partners for their generous contributions.