This is g. W. News africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes the humanitarian emergency left by side till you die clean Drinking Water is scarce in mozambique where aid is still unable to reach remote regions hit by the storm well be talking to somebody in beirut. Then the ambitious project to improve life in africas desert regions we have a story awful greenwald been granted along this a hell. Im christine wonderwall come to news africa im glad your children thousands of people are still awaiting rescue in mozambique and as floodwaters begin receding in parts
of the country hit by cyclonic die its feared the death toll could soar as more bodies are being recovered Relief Agencies are warning the number of deaths could be more than the one thousand predicted by the countrys president earlier this week joseph come out of from the christian aid agency bold vision joins us now from beirut this is the city that was worst affected by the strong welcome again to do news africa mr kamara when we spoke earlier in the week you were telling me about the difficulty that you were having getting aids to people has the situation somewhat improved. Thank you christine this is jewish and i was in march mainly because hes been running an arc to sing in the. Courthouse in the areas that are flooded has been difficult so far rescue efforts have been going on but mainly by helicopter because its very difficult to reach there not only on have come or youre just too few people to contradict you many
times so the situation hasnt changed much but its likely because we are getting more support all right miss to come are good to have more support is coming through as though you are painting a picture of a very difficult situation under which you have to operate but one of the most pressing needs in beirut at the moment would you say at the moment we are worried that the people are getting hungry because all their washed away to. Spoil the whole yesterday for example ive used to in riyadh where people were displaced hundred people had absolutely nothing to eat so thats quite difficult because we cant leave that much to say i want to take and drop them but trying of might not want to make rocks but its not that much. Marxist whos going to see if you can so if we get our kids will be able to help their people much more like way through the proper water for water. What about the
dutch more than that it also means that the one hospital which is partially destroyed on for health was frank rich medication that was not yet where or so however i could see that the situation. Right my last case and see it this way we let you go off to do the important point here is so were hearing that the water levels are receding but i wondered if the Weather Forecast perhaps that is going to be telling a different story is a Rain Forecast in the coming days. The moment we are hundred percent sure were going to run or not are we nor. We nor are you likely not going to rain and we are praying and hoping. Because you want to make three. Front war our wars for turkey all right mr jones have come out of from the christian aid agency world vision talking to us from bear we appreciate your time sir and the work that youre doing in mozambique symbolically which was also
hit by a cyclon a die is preparing to hold two days of National Mourning this weekend at least Two Hundred Fifty Nine people there have been killed bodies are still being recovered from chin money money thats the farming town and of always eastern border with mozambique that was battered by the storm with bridges destroyed and roads flooded the town is still cut off from the rest of the country more than two hundred people are still missing there. Its to mete gascon all the country experiencing a surge in measles cases according to the w. H. O. From october Two Thousand And Eighteen through the top of febreze Two Thousand And Nineteen a total of sixty six thousand two hundred and Seventy Eight cases have been reported Nine Hundred Twenty Two deaths have been reported doctors warn against complacency saying often people do not come to the hospital until the problem has reached a really complicated stage thats of course haitian. Measles is
a highly contagious an infectious virus that it is preventable with a vaccine that caused only a few cents yet in madagascar the number of cases rose by Five Thousand percent last year doctors are urging patients to get help us early as possible. For. Measles has always been considered a common disease. Just because people use traditional remedies to try to cure it. The population has somewhat neglected the symptoms of measles and they only come to hospital when its a really complicated stage. The World Health Organization says thats not the only problem in madagascar Food Shortages chronic. Malnutrition paves the way for me. And the most severe cases of measles reported in
children one malnourished. On a global level but the. Conflict complacency and a Growing Hesitancy not to vaccinate children threaten to undo decades of work to eradicate the disease. Nigeria has also had a particularly bad experience with the camps to checking measles but now the number of Measles Infections is generally on the decline in the country to talk some more about this im joined by o. B. O. Is a below he is unicefs health and measles specialist hes based in a blogger welcome says africa. In the cause nigeria was performing poorly in Combat Measles why was that. Ok first of all and thank you so much dr youre is a very low Health Specialist and unicef ok niger i was performing by live its all first of all because of the quality of campaigns i will conduct and in the past and
also our new level of routine even as the sun coverage however its an innocent coverage for missiles on hold on around eighty to thirty percent but for now it doesnt rejuvenate that info by the federal government of nigeria to andres issue of Routine Immunization Guts is one of the reasons why courts in a very Good Progress towards missiles elimination i mean addition to that. Company now was done in Two Thousand And Seventeen and eighteen was very very high is on the type of strike that is now not engaged during the preparation and implementation of the missiles. So that was also a very very good positive for the country right now were noticing that in the developed world for example part of the problem is that people are anti vaccines is that at all an issue in nigeria and then countries in africa. Yeah we also have gotten an initially nigeria box. Stuff
a few nice unicef American Kids one thing is walking and did today with their Concussion Team at the level of the city to address it concert you know do you actually since why some of Them Dont Fasten so were developing common cause on strategies to address that my last visit to you and very briefly if you could what kind of the african countries learn from nigerias experience. Ok one of the good things like our countries to do and to put the big ones on this was a new song globally is strong even as a song niger as an apocalypse actually been very strong rooted in manners and does it rooted in national has been declared thats one imagines its a very group of people not. Just to focus on implementing high quality written in a sense of this is the number two but one of the continuity are doing their missiles in a sense and not want to call us numbers as they can count on it in committee. To implement the company in that stops l. B. O. Is available in a safe health and measles expose coming to us from a village in nigeria. Now its known as the Great Green Wall its an ambitious projects to improve life in africas desert regions by planting a belt of trees across the continent along the hell its hoped that the wall will help combat does it if occasion where land is worn away by Soil Erosion Human Activity and Climate Change now the Great Green Wall project involves twenty one countries in total with the wall set to run from senegal in west africa all the way across to djibouti in the east now when completed it will stretch a staggering Eight Thousand could almost is at a total cost of Eight Billion dollars although the end point is a long way off sinegal has made the most progress so far twelve Million Trees have been planted there in the last decade lets take a look at how the Great Green Wall is already transforming the lives of communities
there in the plains of Northern SenegalCattle Herders are struggling to feed their Livestock Disaster for cation forces them to go for the south leaving their villages. Where all the men are there someone. Many migrate because where they live is becoming too dry to survive what i have theres no food left we have to move away to look for grass for the animals. Its in places like this that the Great Green Wall can help the trees provide shelter from the wind and soil erosion their roots keep moisture in the ground. Once the trees are planted the soil becomes more fertile. In this kind of microclimate the population is protected against deserts of occasion. During the rainy season its now much greener here but its still not easy many trees die with the help of an ngo villagers are trying out new planting techniques. Is destroying hard city is very hard because of the rising temperatures theres a lot of evaporation. So. Theyre only eighty trees per hectare here thats not enough we need Three Hundred or four hundred trees protect their read your book atika the wall produces jobs and food for the Community President not care for the livestock would destroy it all. Luckily thats a fence if There Wasnt The Cows would come here eat the grass and the People Living here would have problems. Look on the other side of the fence theres no grass there anymore. Thanks to the wall people are now encouraged to return to
their communities and stay. Thats it for Dolphin News Africa you can catch all stories on our website and Facebook Page we leave you now with these pictures off trees across the sahara region part of an if its just the straight of the desert have a lovely weekend seen a street. Corner