Opulent Philanthropy Inc. International Charity Disaster Relief Africa

Disaster Relief: Providing shelter, food, and water. At least 400 people have died after floods and landslides hit the Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province last week. Heavy rainfall through last week caused rivers to overflow and created mudslides that devastated the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi in South Kivu’s Kalehe territory. We have 401 deaths in Bushushu and Nyamukubi villages in Kalehe territory. Videos from the area show buildings swept away in the water and mud, with debris strewn across the villages.

A catastrophic drought has devastated the Horn of Africa and left more than 20 million people facing acute food insecurity would not have been possible without climate change. The drought has levied unrelenting impacts to large areas of Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia. Tens of thousands have died, crops have shriveled, livestock have starved, and chronic hunger and water insecurity are widespread and growing. Much of the population are farmers that rely on rainfall for crops and livestock. They have been plunged even further into poverty as the rains failed. At least 8 million farm animals are estimated to have died during the drought. Around 1.7 million people in Ethiopia and Somalia have had to leave their homes because of the impacts of the drought, according to the report, and hunger levels are sky-high. More than 20 million people in the Horn of Africa have been pushed into crisis levels of food insecurity. 

Disaster Relief Fund: Providing shelter, food, and water. Tropical Cyclone Freddy has killed at least 326 people after it ripped through southern Malawi. The resulting devastation has left survivors trapped and fighting for survival, digging with their bare hands for victims. Chilobwe, one of the hardest-hit areas, is a township near the city of Blantyre. Located below a hill, the township saw water gushing down from above on Sunday night.   Authorities say over 30 people from the area have died and dozens remain missing as search and rescue efforts continue. People could be seen on Monday using shovels, even bare hands, to search for the people in the rubble. A torrent of muddy water, accompanied by rocks and trees, sliding down the mountain. Washed away all of their possessions, within seconds everything was gone. More than 22,000 people have been displaced by the tropical storm, according to Radio Mozambique.   

Charity Disaster Relief Africa