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Cameroon: Flash Floods in Santchou - Emergency Plan of Action Final Report, DREF operation: MDRCM025

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A. SITUATION ANALYSIS

Description of the disaster

On 4 August 2017, torrential rains caused floods and mudslides in Santchou, a district located in the Menoua Division of the West region of Cameroon. The disaster affected 12,890 people in different ways across the villages in Santchou, with some vulnerable people left homeless, others with houses partially destroyed, and farms and schools destroyed, as well as many houses and public buildings, including schools, flooded. The rains continued until October, thereby delaying implementation of the response operation. Nevertheless, devoted Cameroon Red Cross volunteers managed to complete all the activities planned despite the adverse weather conditions, preventing a revision of the operation, or an extension of the operation timeframe.

The National Society (NS) conducted a detailed assessment of the situation as part of this operation, but the findings did not show considerable gaps between the rapid assessment and the detailed assessment. Thus, the operational team decided to keep with the response initially planned. A Regional Disaster Response Team (RDRT) member with relief, assessment and sanitation background was deployed at the beginning of the operation to support the host NS with this detailed assessment.

The major donors and partners of the DREF include 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), AECID, the Medtronic and Zurich Foundations and other corporate and private donors. The IFRC, on behalf of the Cameroon Red Cross, would like to extend many thanks to all partners for their generous contributions.