More than 180,000 people in the states of Borno, Benue, Adamawa, and Yobe will be able to receive emergency humanitarian aid thanks to the funding provided by national and international non-governmental organisations.
Nigeria Gets Additional $1.8m From IOM To Support Flood Victims
In order to meet the urgent needs of those impacted by the floods in Nigeria, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has released more than US$1.8 million.
People affected by floods are escorted through flood water on a military boat in Maiduguri on September 12, 2024. (Photo by Audu MARTE / AFP)
This year’s dramatic flooding has destroyed many communities, uprooting families and upsetting lives, according to Paola Pace, interim chief of mission for IOM Nigeria. “Our top goal is to make sure individuals impacted receive the support and relief they need right away, as well as the tools they need to start over.”
People affected by floods are escorted through flood water on a military vehicle in Maiduguri on September 12, 2024. (Photo by Audu MARTE / AFP)
In an effort to lessen their immediate suffering and speed up their recovery, the Rapid Response Fund will be used to provide shelter, non-food items, multipurpose cash assistance, protection, and water, sanitation, and hygiene services.
The funds, which supplement current allocations from the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund and the Central Emergency Response Fund, among others, will also help to strengthen protection services, such as community-based protection services for women and children and the prevention and response to gender-based violence in some of the targeted areas.
This year, floods in Nigeria have impacted over 1.2 million people, with Borno State accounting for the majority of those affected. Borno State has been the epicentre of a protracted humanitarian crisis.Three hundred people have reportedly died as a result of the floods, which have caused unparalleled devastation and forced hundreds of thousands of people to escape their homes in search of safety.
Nigeria Gets Additional $1.8m From IOM To Support Flood Victims
Salient Humanitarian Organisation (SHO), Solidarités International (SI), Wadata Relief Care Initiative (WRCI), Grassroots Life Saving Outreach (LESGO), Sheriff Aid Foundation (SAF), Global Village Healthcare Initiative for Africa (GHIV Africa), Centre for Advocacy, Transparency, and Accountability Initiative (CATAI), GOALPrime Organisation Nigeria (GPON), and the Care Aid Support Initiative were among the local and international NGOs to receive funding for the flood response in the first round, which began in August 2024 and totalled $1.8 million.tional and global non-governmental organisations, enabling quick access to funding for interventions that could save lives.
