The Zambia Red Cross Society (ZRCS) says it has the capacity to offer temporal accommodation and food to people who have lost their houses due to heavy rainfall experienced in some parts of the country.
ZRCS Public Relations Manager James Zulu told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that the society is ready to assist the displaced people with tents, food and cooking utensils as they resettle.
Mr. Zulu said the society has put materials in place in readiness to respond to emergencies that may require its intervention.
He said ZRCS only acts when they receive reports from the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU).
Mr. Zulu noted that currently the society has not received any report on people alleged to have been left homeless due to torrential rains.
He said the only report they have received is from Lusaka district where some compounds have been flooded saying the Red Cross society will only intervene in the area of health.
He disclosed that the society is also considering giving tents to people who have affected by the rains in Lusaka district to supplement the efforts of the Lusaka District Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (LDDMMU).
He said ZRCS will soon embark on a door to door sensitization programme to educate people in Lusaka on how to prevent themselves against cholera during this rainy season.
Mr. Zulu stressed that the programme will include distribution of chlorine.
ZANIS
Aah what is this now.
No Retorics, act so that we see than just waffing. How many pipo have u assisted?? Already floods devasted pipo in kanyama, a perenial problem. meanwhile u busy trying to asist haiti which is well assisted by the Americans. What have you done to the flood victims in Lusaka???
What is the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit doing right now?
Zambia Red Cross are a shame to the great name of the international red cross. Ask them how they will afford tsupporting flood victims when they have victims in their own backyard – their staff members. Red Cross staff go for months without pay, they should use funds to pay their staff. They say charity begins at home. Don’t hoodwink people with your spin doctoring M. Zulu, put your house in order first before helping your neighbours
The International Red Cross should audit them and determine just how this organisation has gone to such low levels. Their sponsors don’t even bankroll them because they don’t trust their fiduciary restraint. Pay your people Mr Zulu! Don’t lie to Zambians
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