Barely a month after the flood disaster by Cyclone Idai, the UNICEF has estimated the number of children in need of Urgent assistance to be 1.6 million.
According to the UNICEF, of the 1.6 million children, 1 million are from Mozambique, Malawi has 443,000 and 130,000 from Zimbabwe.
UNICEF has taken steps to immunize children from Cholera, and confirmed the completion of the project, as reported by the chief Communication Officer Daniel Timme.
Timme also said that the organization was also distributing Mosquito nets to the vulnerable children to protect from Malaria.
“UNICEF has been assisting survivors since day one. We have provided vaccines to successfully immunize 900,000 people against cholera. UNICEF has also begun distributing 500,000 mosquito nets to protect children from malaria, and helped restore the water supply for 500,000 people in the city of Beira,” said Timme.
