Friday 04 December 2009
ShelterBox helps African families rebuild their lives
One of the children in Burkina Faso helped by ShelterBox
ShelterBox tents sent to flood-hit Burkina Faso are helping hundreds of families start rebuilding their lives, a ShelterBox Response Team has found.
ShelterBox Response Team members, John Mackie (US) and Lizzy Treglown (UK) are in Ougadougou, the West African country's capital, which was ravaged by its worst flooding in living memory during September.
At the time, working in conjunction with the United Nations and Newquay Cornwall Airport, ShelterBox delivered emergency shelter for up to 5,000 people and helped set up three camps for communities whose homes had been destroyed by torrential rain and flood water.
The response team are working closely with local authorities to complete the distribution of prepositioned aid to those still in need of shelter provision.
They are also assessing the condition of the tents currently in use and have found they are excelling even in the demands of the African climate.
Lizzy said: ‘We went back to check up on the tent villages that were set up a month or so ago and they are looking fantastic. The tents are being looked after really well and there is a real sense of community in the tent villages which is really nice to see.'
In total, close to 150,000 people in Ougadougou were affected by the floods in September.
Watch a video from ShelterBox's work in Burkina Faso earlier this year here.
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