Approximately 730 thousand girls, boys and adolescents who live in the areas affected by the heavy flooding and landslides caused by Hurricane “John”, a phenomenon that hit the Pacific coast last week, they are at risk; This was announced by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef).
On average, he shared, one in three people living in the areas impacted by Hurricane “John” is a girl or boy. In the states of Guerrero, Oaxaca, Michoacán and Colima, girls, boys and adolescents, as well as their familieshave been strongly affected by the intense rains caused by the meteorological phenomenon.
“The devastating impact of Hurricane John has left children and adolescents without access to clean water and basic health, nutrition and education services. Entire homeless families who have been evacuated and housed in temporary shelters need humanitarian assistance now and over the next few weeks,” said Fernando Carrera Castro, Unicef representative in Mexico.
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It was through a statement that the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) announced that is working with the federal, state and municipal governments, and coordinating with the United Nations System to implement a response that allows the identified needs to be met.
In the next three months, Unicef contemplates an initial response plan of actions and support to authorities and partners in matters of: water, sanitation and hygiene through the delivery of hygiene kits and mobilization of water purification plants.
Regarding health and nutrition, through first-level medical care and nutritional counseling; education, with the delivery of school kits, socio-emotional support for teachers, cleaning of classrooms, protection of children, through the strengthening of capacities for the coordination and channeling of special protection cases with the authorities, as well as recreational and psychosocial support activities, measures to prevent gender violence in shelters and the opening of safe and violence-free spaces for children.
“The hurricane season is not over yet. Another tropical depression will make landfall with torrential rains on the coasts of Oaxaca and Guerrero. We are concerned that in these same communities, the same families, the same girls and boys could again be strongly affected by the floods”, Carrera Castro added.
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In addition, he emphasized that there are still several damaged bridges, closed roads and flooded infrastructure, which makes access to the areas with the greatest impact difficult, therefore, These logistical limitations do not allow us to estimate with certainty the number of girls and boys affected. but they greatly complicate humanitarian work on the ground.
The organization added that some towns, such as the port of Acapulco, have been hit twice this week, leaving them flooded; This area is still recovering from the effects of Hurricane “Otis”, which occurred last year.
With information from SUN.
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