Disaster Alert: Flooding in Mbale Cluster

Flash floods caused by the downpour that occurred around Mbale City and the neighboring villages burst out of the Nabuyonga River and affected the surrounding communities. The Child Development Centers (CDCs) in the area are still assessing the situation and do not yet have a report of specific participants affected.

Please pray for the participants and staff in this area.

We have discovered that, to date, there are 48 participants who have been affected by the floods in the Mbale Cluster. The Child Development Centers (CDCs) have provided temporary shelters for the displaced families and are working to construct a more permanent shelter for these families. Supplies have also been distributed to many families through the disaster relief fund. We will follow up with and provide assistance to families who have lost livelihood items and gardens, so that they may recover their businesses. This catastrophe has destroyed hundreds of farm fields, homes, schools, trading centers, and health facilities in the area.

Please continue to pray for our participants and those in the community.

To date, 214 participants and their families have been affected by the floods in the Mbale Cluster in Uganda. The Child Development Centers (CDCs) have continued to provide temporary shelters for the displaced families and are still working to construct a more permanent shelter for these families, as some of the shelters were also destroyed. The Compassion Uganda National office has assisted the CDCs to provide food for the families and will provide seeds for bananas, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, cassava, beans and maize to restore the livelihood and economic productivity in this region, since many gardens were destroyed.

Please continue to keep the participants, their families, and their communities in prayer.