Madzi osefukira awononga West Nile kuchokera kumadera ena onse a Uganda pambuyo poti R.Nile idaphulitsa mabanki ake Lachiwiri. Dera la kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa dziko lino tsopano likufikirika kudzera m’mabwato ndi mpweya pokhapokha madzi osefukira atayitsa zinyalala ndi udzu mumsewu wapafupi ndi mlatho wa Pakwach m’boma la Nwoya.
Mvula kuchokera mu Okutobala mpaka pakati pa Novembala idagwa 300% kuposa avareji kudutsa Horn of Africa, malinga ndi Famine Early Warning Systems Network. Madera omwe akhudzidwa kwambiri ndi madera a Ethiopia, Somalia, ndi Kenya, komwe ambiri mwa anthuwa amwalira.
Kusefukira kwa madzi komanso kusefukira kwa nthaka komwe kunayamba chifukwa cha mvula yamkuntho kwapha anthu osachepera 250 m'miyezi yaposachedwa ku East Africa, zomwe zikuwonjezera vuto lanyengo lomwe lakhudza anthu pafupifupi 2.5 miliyoni m'derali.
Poyankha, Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) yakhala ndi mlatho wa Packwach wotsekedwa kwakanthawi mpaka chidziwitso china ndipo ilangiza anthu opita ku West Nile kuti agwiritse ntchito ferry ya Gulu-Adjumani-Leropi, Gulu-Adjumani-Obongi kapena ferry ya Masindi Wanseko.
Mawu ochokera ku UNRA, akuti matimu awo aku Gulu ndi Arua akusonkhanitsa zida zochotsa nsewu kuti zigwiritsidwe ntchito mwachangu.
Mkhalidwe ku South Sudan:
Ntchito zoyankhirako zidakulitsidwa m'malo okhudzidwa pomwe kusefukira kwamadzi kudawononga miyoyo ndi moyo wa anthu pafupifupi 908,000. Pofika pa 29 Novembala, pafupifupi matani 7,000 azakudya adagawidwa, kufikira anthu ena a 704,000 ndi thandizo lazadzidzidzi.
Kugaŵira zakudya kukuchitika m’madera ena. Magulu owonjezera oyankha atumizidwa kumadera omwe akhudzidwa kuti awonjezere kulembetsa ndi kugawa mwachangu. Pafupifupi mabanja a 11,000 m'maboma a Ayod ndi Akobo alandira zipangizo zaulimi, mbewu zamasamba ndi zida zophera nsomba, pamene zogawa zambiri zikuchitika m'madera omwe akhudzidwa ku Upper Nile, Jonglei, Unity ndi Abyei, kutsata mabanja ena 65,000. Pafupifupi mabanja 2,500 athandizidwa ndi phukusi lochepera la madzi, ukhondo ndi ukhondo (WASH). Mabanja pafupifupi 9,000 athandizidwa ndi Emergency Flood Rapid Response Kits (EFRRK), pamene kugawa kuli mkati mwa mabanja ena 12,000. Pafupifupi mabanja 23,000 omwe ali m'malo ofunikira akufunika thandizo.
Mabungwe opereka chithandizo akugwiritsa ntchito ndege ndi madzi kutumiza thandizo kumadera ovuta kufika kumene anthu akukhala. M'madera ena kumene madzi amakhalabe okwera, makamaka ku Pibor ku Jonglei, anthu okhudzidwawo amayenera kudutsa m'matope ndi madzi kupita kumalo operekera ndege. Kuti awonjezere ntchito zopezera ndi kuyankha, mabungwe othandiza anthu akukonza misewu, makamaka m'dera la Maban, mothandizidwa ndi anthu ammudzi. Zoposa matani a 220 a zinthu zothandizira mwadzidzidzi-zakudya zosiyanasiyana, thanzi, zakudya, pogona, chitetezo ndi katundu wa WASH-adatumizidwa kumalo ofunika kwambiri. US$15 miliyoni yochokera ku UN's Central Emergency Response Fund yatulutsidwa kuti iwonjezerenso mapaipi omwe mabungwe akufuna kale kuti ayankhe. Ndalama zina zokwana madola 10 miliyoni kuchokera ku OCHA yomwe ikuyendetsedwa ndi South Sudan Humanitarian Fund idzaperekedwa kuti athe kuyankha mwamsanga. Izi zikuyimira 41 peresenti ya $ 61.5 miliyoni, ndalama zonse zomwe zimafunikira kuti zikwaniritse zosowa za anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo kwambiri.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- M'madera ena kumene madzi amakhalabe okwera, makamaka ku Pibor ku Jonglei, anthu okhudzidwawo amayenera kudutsa m'matope ndi madzi kupita kumalo operekera ndege.
- Dera la kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa dziko lino tsopano likufikirika kudzera m’mabwato ndi mpweya pokhapokha madzi osefukira atayitsa zinyalala ndi udzu mumsewu wapafupi ndi mlatho wa Pakwach m’boma la Nwoya.
- Poyankha, Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) yakhala ndi mlatho wa Packwach wotsekedwa kwakanthawi mpaka chidziwitso china ndipo ilangiza anthu opita ku West Nile kuti agwiritse ntchito ferry ya Gulu-Adjumani-Leropi, Gulu-Adjumani-Obongi kapena ferry ya Masindi Wanseko.
