19 March 2015, Dar-es-Salaam – To bring urgently needed assistance to the victims of the hail storms that
hit Shinyanga region earlier this month, the European Commission is providing humanitarian funding
through Tanzania Red Cross Society.
Up to 5,000 people were affected by the storms, 3,500 of whom have been uprooted from their damaged
or destroyed houses. Strong winds ripped off roofs, killing 47 people and injuring 112, the majority of
whom were children.
The people affected urgently require food, shelter, clean drinking water and sanitation services as well as
basic items such as blankets, buckets, kitchen sets, mattresses, mosquito nets, soap and school material.
The EU-funding of EUR €56,184 is being channelled through the Red Cross who operates with funding from
the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF).
The hail storms accompanied by strong winds and heavy rainfall hit the villages of Mwakata,
Magung’unhwa and Nhumbi in Msalala district, Shinyanga region, some 1,000 kilometres North-West of
Dar- es- Salaam.
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