ASIA/INDIA - Interventions for flood victims: sign of a united and "outgoing" Church

Friday, 6 July 2018

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New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Violent rains have devastated the states of north-eastern India and the southern state of Kerala: water has flooded roads and highways, causing the suspension of electricity and making the affected areas almost unattainable. It is estimated that at least 1,064 villages in 21 districts have ended up underwater, with houses swept away by the torrential rains of the monsoon period, while about 650 thousand people are internally displaced, left without anything.
In response to the plight of the victims, the Camillian Task Force (CTF) of India, together with the nuns of various congregations and volunteers of Caritas India, moved from Bangalore to the state of Assam bringing medicines of all kinds and first aid material. In these places they organized the interventions, setting up medical camps in the districts of Karimganj, Hailakand and Cachar.
"Last July 1, in the village of Craig Park in the district of Cachar, 117 people were welcomed by the medical team. Most of them were women and children", said to Agenza Fides Father Emmanuel Zongo, collaborator of the Camillian Disaster Service International Foundation (CADIS), mobilized to help displaced people.
"The Northeast region, one of the most densely populated in the Asian country, has again found itself submerged in water after the breaking of the banks of numerous streams following torrential rains", continues Zongo. "Faced with the precarious situation of displaced persons, Caritas India and CTF India, after interacting with the communities, evaluated and identified the most urgent needs of 26 villages, created a team of specialists to accompany 35 medical camps in the districts of Karimganj and Hailakandi from 28 June to 8 July. The team is made up of Camillian religious, nuns of different congregations and lay volunteers, a sign of a united and outgoing church", he concludes. (EZ/AP) (Agenzia Fides, 5/7/2018)


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