UNICEF extends aid to children in Afghanistan affected by flash floods

UNICEF extends aid to children in Afghanistan affected by flash floods

Afghanistan’s most recent floods killed about 350 people, including dozens of children, and damaged more than 7,800 homes leaving over 5,000 families displaced.  UNICEF has since provided safe water, hygiene kits with soap, toothbrushes and more to communities in Afghanistan. The children’s fund also organised hygiene sessions to teach civilians about handwashing and safe water storage…

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UN launches flash appeal to aid 250,000 Libyans hit by devastating floods

UN launches flash appeal to aid 250,000 Libyans hit by devastating floods

Disaster struck on Sunday when torrential rains from Storm Daniel led two dams close to the now devastated port city of Derna to burst, pushing entire neighbourhoods into the sea. “The situation is quite terrible as you can imagine”, UN Children’s Fund UNICEF’s Libya Representative, Michele Servadei, told UN News. ‘Drop in the ocean’ “As…

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