Opulent Philanthropy Inc., 5o1 (c)(3) International Non-Profit Disaster Relief Africa

Providing food and water to save lives. Millions of lives at risk as famine stalks Horn of Africa. In northern Kenya's drought-stricken Turkana County, a group of children carried sacks of palm fruit atop their heads as they walked across the parched earth back to their tiny village.  They walk more than 20 miles to gather the small, bulbous fruit from the African oil palm several times a week. It will be their breakfast, lunch and dinner. One of the children, Ekiru, said the last time he ate something other than palm fruit was when a goat died of starvation and his village divided up the carcass. Famine is just around the corner for many others here. Up to 20 million people across the wider Horn of Africa region could go hungry this year as delayed rains exacerbate extreme drought amid soaring prices of food and fuel as well as a shortfall in humanitarian aid. If they don't receive assistance, we will see them go into something call severe acute malnutrition, and there's the threat of death. 

Disaster Relief: Providing shelter, food and water. Heavy rains and flooding battered the eastern coast of south Africa, killing over 400 people while damaging homes and destroying roads. The flooding hit the province of KwaZulu-Natal, which includes the coastal city of Durban. Roads cracked and gave way to deep fissures. A huge stack of shipping containers collapsed into muddy waters. A bridge was swept away, leaving people stranded on either side. The government believes it is one of the worst storms in the history of the country. People are evacuating areas that experienced mudslides, flooding and structural collapses of homes and roads. More rain and damaging winds are expected across South Africa's east coast. Over 40,000 people have been affected by the floods.

Disaster relief providing shelter, food and water. The death toll from Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar jumped to 120 on Friday from 92 reported earlier this week. The disaster relief agency said that of the deaths, 87 had occurred in one area, the Ikongo district in southeast Madagascar. The cyclone had left just over 124,000 people with their homes damaged or destroyed, and some 30,000 more displaced. Batsirai was Madagascar's second destructive storm in two weeks, after Tropical Storm Ana killed 55 and displaced 130,000 in a different area of the country. The island nation, with a population of nearly 30 million, was already struggling with food shortages in the south, a consequence of a severe and prolonged drought.

Disaster Relief 

 Madagascar Africa Cyclone Batsirai Left 120,000  Homes Destroyed  Or Damaged 30,000 more displaced Madagascar also struggling With Food Shortages In The South Due To Prolonged Drought If You Would Like To Donate We Would Like To Thank You

Providing shelter, food, and water. More than 80 people have now died and tens of thousands more are impacted after Tropical Cyclone Ana tore across southern Africa. In Mozambique, at least 15 people were killed and more than 45,000 have been affected, while Malawi has reported at least 11 deaths, with nearly 217,000 people impacted. Heavy rainfall had caused rivers to overflow, and floods and landslides resulted in casualties and widespread damage. Infrastructure and houses have been damaged, while lives and livelihoods have been lost. 

• We provide immediate assistance and long support during natural disasters when people are forced to evacuate and/or their homes are destroyed leaving them in need of shelter, food, or water. 
• We support cancer patients who are unable to pay for medical treatments, copayments, or after care assistance that may not be covered by their insurance. 
• We support impoverished students who qualify for a higher education but cannot afford to pay tuition through grants and scholarships.  
• We support the homeless by providing shelter, food, and water, as more people than ever are living on the streets without the basic necessities to survive. 
• Our staff, volunteers, and those we serve work together to provide assistance to those in need due to circumstances beyond their control to empower the most vulnerable among us and improve their quality of life.