.: Fire disaster in Nakatiba landing site

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Fire disaster in Nakatiba landing site

The fire disaster that happened in Nakatiba landing site in Bujumba Sub County. The disaster affected 97 households with a total population of 435 people. This kind of disaster has happened in on this landing site twice in the same year. The Red Cross Kalangala Branch with support from the Disaster Management Directorate managed to distribute relief items to the affected community after carrying out a successful assessment. One woman named Senga died in the fire. The relief was distributed by the Branch Manager, Chairperson, local council, five MP for Bujumba constituency, woman MP Kalangala District, Resident District Commissioner Kalangala, Board Chairman for Kalangala Branch and the area councilors together with the Branch Red Cross volunteers.

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Red Cross Kalangala Branch was established in 2003 the scope of activities in the field covers 84 islands that are all scattered in Lake Victoria. It’s situated in Kalangala town council on plot 90 Buggala road. The existence of the Branch is mainly contributed by the Headquarter support and other development partners like Swedish Red Cross, Action Aid Kalangala, Kalangala District Local Government, and the membership.

It has a total of 20,000 members and 1,000 volunteers. The islands’ environment is very unique and so as their challenges. Main activities of Red Cross are: disaster management, first aid trainings and services, Adolescence sexual reproductive health education, restoration of family links, HIV/AIDS sensitization, peer education, dissemination of International Humanitarian Law, membership recruitment, community service, blood donation, youth and junior camps, youth exchange programs among others.