National Disaster Contingency Plan for Droughts
- GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
ORIGINAL-
Urban areas will also feel the effects as food shortages affect prices and availability, and migration to cities in search of work increases.
“Previous existing institutions and administrative and service infrastructures ceased to exist, the physical infrastructure was destroyed…and the majority of the people who had been displaced and lost their assets had to get re-established.” QUOTE 0 Targeted beneficiaries in the above mentioned areas, entitled to receive food aid are: (...) Internally displaced people ( refugees / returns). QUOTE 0 When the main rain arrived in February 2004, the heavy downpour, accompanied by strong winds, resulted in flooding in most parts of the regions. The adverse weather lasted for months and has destroyed farms including homes, and families been displaced.