World Food Program airlifts relief to El Nino-hit areas in Garissa County
The World Food Program (WFP) deployed Mi-8 helicopters to airlift food to sub-counties in Garissa County, where roads were cut off by the El Nino rains.
The World Food Program (WFP) deployed Mi-8 helicopters to airlift food to sub-counties in Garissa County, where roads were cut off by the El Nino rains. The delivery of life-saving assistance, including government relief food and drugs, to Fafi, Ijara, Holugho, and Bodhai sub-counties is a response to a formal request by the national and county governments for intervention due to access constraints.
Fafi Member of Parliament Salah Yakub expressed gratitude for the collaborative efforts that enabled the airlifting of food and non-food items to Fafi Centre in Fafi constituency. He emphasized that this was a crucial step in providing essential support to the communities in Fafi Center that were displaced after being marooned by flash floods.
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Residents of Ijara load relief food to a police lorry.
Yakub assured the affected communities in Fafi constituency that more relief food would be airlifted by WFP helicopters. In Ijara constituency, the affected sub-counties of Holugho, Ijara, and Bodhai also received relief food airlifted by WFP helicopters.
The distribution of relief food to the flood-affected areas comes two days after medical supplies were airlifted to health centers that were on the brink of collapsing due to a shortage of drugs.
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