ChildFund Emergency Response Fund
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Children and families around the world are currently suffering. ChildFund has launched an Emergency Response Fund to provide emergency care and protection for children and families affected. India - The worst floods in 100 years have swept through South India (Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka). More than 20 villages in at least four ChildFund project areas in the Indian districts of Koppal, Karwar and Kurnool have been affected. In some places roads have collapsed, making it difficult to reach communities and get an accurate report of the damage. In Gangavati and Karwar, e-mail and mobile phone networks are also down. Further updates will be posted to our website as soon as we receive information from staff in India. In Karnataka, ChildFund assessment teams reported that 14 villages in the Vimochana Child Development Project were affected. Seven villages in Gangavati in the Koppal district also were impacted. Five villages in Kurnool district where ChildFund works have been severely impacted, with collapsed houses and crops destroyed. In Andreh Pradesh, more than 250,000 people in 200 villages have been moved to higher ground. ChildFund efforts are focused on securing safe drinking water and minimizing waterborne diseases. Latest on ChildFund Project Areas: Getting access to affected areas remains a challenge. We have heard from one project office in Andhra Pradesh that 215 families have lost 260 hectares worth of crops. Two schools and one Junior college are also damaged with around 300 children having lost their school books and educational materials. Details on damage in the other two affected project areas in Karnataka are still not available. We're very sorry to report that one of our sponsored children died in the floods in Karnataka. The child was killed on October 2 along with her father and brother in a landslide due to the heavy rains. The house was completely destroyed and only the child's mother survived. Our thoughts are with her mother and extended family and also with her child sponsor. Please donate now to help children and families affected by flooding in South India. Philippines – Typhoon Ketsana hit the Phillipines on Saturday, September 26th. One month worth of monsoon rains fell in only 6 hours. Severe flooding has devastated Manila and Northern provinces. 246 people are reported dead and hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced from their homes. The Government of the Philippines suggests that 1.8 million people are affected by the storm and subsequent flooding. The first weekend in October saw Typhoon Parma hit bringing more misery to the already ravaged islands. Please donate now to help children and families affected by Typhoon Ketsana
ChildFund Philippines staff, working closely with local partners and government officials in Metro Manila, is providing emergency relief assistance to families in affected program areas including basic necessities such as food, water, medicines, shelter, cookware and tools to rebuild their houses after leaving local evacuation centres. Indonesia – A powerful earth quake has struck on Wednesday, September 30th. Located off the city of Padang on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, the death toll is thought to be between 100-200 people. The death toll is likely to rise as many buildings in the city of 900,000 people have collapsed. Please donate now to help children and families affected by the Indonesian earthquake disaster. ChildFund Indonesia assessment teams, working with local partners and government officials in the Padang area of Sumatra, are in the process of setting up 10 Child Centered Spaces with emphasis on promoting emotional and psychosocial well-being to affected children in the face of this major disaster. During times of severe trauma, Child Centred Spaces provide safe sanctuaries for children to recover and receive trauma counselling for what they have witnessed and emergency aid relief like food and water. Please donate now or call 0800 223 111 to help children and families in urgent need.
