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Burundi: Floods and Landslides April 2021 - Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) DREF Operation n° MDRBI018 Format Description of the disaster Lake Tanganyika water level have been rising since February 2021. Heavy rainfall since the start of April has worsened the situation with further rainfall predicted until mid-May. As of 19 April 2021, the level of Lake Tanganyika stood at 776.4 metres above sea level compared to the normal average level of 772.7 metres. From April 12, 2021 in the province of Rumonge households near the shores were flooded. In parts of the lakes, it reported the coastline has expanded 300 to 500m. Houses are flooded, and families forced to leave to evacuation centres or host families. UNOCHA reported around 8,000 families have been affected and 2,000 displaced by flooding in lakeside communities including Bugarama, Kanyenkoko, Muhuta, Nyanza-Lac, Gatumba, Rukaramu, Kibenga, Gisyo and Kabondo. Two casualties have been recorded to date. ....
From a Data Pilot to Covid response with Microsoft Excel Format What can a spreadsheet do? Or, better yet, what can 100s of people do with improved spreadsheet skills? From the moment IFRC started the Data Literacy program, we heard from people every day that we all need to collectively improve our data skills in the form of spreadsheet basics. Microsoft Excel is the top data tool that Red Cross Red Crescent volunteers and staff use. Time and time again – people asked for brief to extensive training on this essential data tool. We partnered with Microsoft Corporate Social Responsibility for a Microsoft Excel pilot focused on co-hort learning. Then, covid times arrived. Our post-pilot plans had to shift focus to humanitarian response. On that journey, we discovered that initial pilot continues to have an impact across the Red Cross Red Crescent world. ....