Following the
worst-flooding in 30 years, affecting eight million
people, the Red Cross in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
is fully engaged in rehabilitation activities on behalf
of thousands of families who lost everything when the
Mekong River burst its banks in spectacular fashion...
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Help
for Cambodians coping with the aftermath of floods
Some
1,000 Cambodian families living in the flood-affected
Batheay district gathered over the weekend in front
of the Red Cross premises, for a distribution of food,
clothes and household materials. This action is part
of a larger Red Cross relief assistance programme carried
out in 21 of the country's 24 provinces... Read
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Mekong
floods: Red Cross assists 100,000 flood victims
in Cambodia
The International
Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies
is appealing for 2 million Swiss Francs in support of
the Cambodian Red Cross' efforts in providing relief
assistance to 100,000 people who have had to evacuate
their homes due to widespread flooding... Read
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On
the move - thousands of Cambodians head for higher
ground
In our home
are water snakes and many insects. That is why we have
come here," says Chea. "But there is no work
here and until the waters recede, we can't return home."
Chea, who is a farmer, has been on the move with his
wife and nine children. Two weeks ago, they evacuated
their house and fields... Read
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Floodwater
receding slowly causes concern in parts of Cambodia
Floodwater in
the region around the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh has
been receding, but not fast enough to guarantee the
security of the forthcoming dry season rice harvest
in some areas. Many villagers are forced to sit it out
on high ground in designated safe areas, travelling
by boat to tend their livestock... Read
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Cambodian
Red Cross aids thousands left homeless by fires
A large number
of Cambodian Red Cross staff and volunteers were busy
last week as thousands of shanty dwellers in the capital,
Phnom Penh, were left homeless by two fires. The blazes
destroyed more than 2,500 homes in two squatter camps
in the city... Read
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Disasters
in Cambodia
Cambodia is one of the most disaster-prone countries
in Asia and has been frequently affected by floods.
Moonsoon
Season
Floods usually occur during the South-West Monsoon
season from August to November and about 25
% of the plains are flooded annually by the
Mekong River and its tributaries and by local
downpours.
Flooding
In the year 2000 3.6 million people in Cambodia
were affected by floods, 388 died and 13,000 houses
were destroyed.
