I nā lā hope loa o ʻApelila 2020, ua heʻe nā wai kahe ma mua o 100,000 mau kānaka, me nā keiki he nui, ma DR Kongo (South Kivu). Hoʻomaopopo kēia ʻano iā UNICEF, e hoʻokau paha i kahi olakino olakino, a me kahi pōpilikia paʻa o ka maʻi cholera i waena o nā keiki.

 

Nā keiki ma DR Congo - UNICEF mai Kinshasa i hōʻike aku i ka pilikia o ka hopena o ka maʻi kolera ma hope o nā kaiāulu

Ke hāʻawi nei ka UNICEF a me nā hoa kōkua i ke kōkua aku i ka poʻe ʻoi aku ma kahi o 100,000 mau kānaka - e komo pū ana me nā keiki he 48,000 nā wai nui i ka Hema Kivu i ka Hema Demubalika o Kongo (DRC), e hōʻike ana i ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi kolera, ke hoʻomau nei ka ua.

ʻO nā ua hoʻoili ma waena o 16 a 18 ʻApelila i lilo ai nā kahe o ka muliwai Mulongwe lāua ʻo Rusizi e kahe a hoʻopau i nā kānaka a me nā home ma ke kūlanakauhale o Uvira a me nā wahi e kokoke ana. Uaʻoi aku ma mua o 15,000 mau hale i hōʻino ʻia a ma kahi o 200,000 mau kānaka e ʻike i ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o ka wai ma muli o ka pohō o ka mea kanu lāʻau mālama kūloko.

 

ʻO nā keiki ma DR Congo a me ka haunaele o ka wai maʻemaʻe ma hope o ke kaiʻe ʻana. ʻO kēia kahi ala e puka ai kahi kolera

ʻO UNICEF hopohopo no ka haunaele ʻana i ka ʻike kai kūloko e hoʻonui i ka hopena o ka cholera ma kahi māhele endemika i kākau i nā hapa he 1,800 mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Ianuali 2020. Ma kahi o ʻelima mau hihia o ka cholera ua hōʻike ʻia i loko o nā kahua neʻe. Hoʻopili iki ʻia ka nui o ka pane ʻana o nā luna o ka ʻāina olakino no ka mea ua luku ʻia ke kahua olakino koʻikoʻi ma Mulongwe.

"Ke hana nei kā mākou kime ma ka ʻāina a me kā mākou mau mea kōkua kūloko a puni me ka hakahaka e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo olakino a me ka pono no nā ʻohana o nā ʻohana a me kā lākou poʻe keiki," wahi a Edouard Beigbeder, ka UNICEF Representative ma DRC. ʻOiai kā mākou hopohopo e pale aku i nā kaiāulu i hoʻopilikia ʻia mai COVID-19, ʻaʻole kākou e poina i nā poʻe o South Kivu e kūʻē ana i ka hakakā kipi, ka haʻalele ʻana, ka pilikia kūlohelohe a me nā maʻi e pili ana i ka wikiwiki koke. "

 

Ua hui pū aku ʻo UNICEF a me CARITAS i Kongo e kūʻē mai ana i kahi maʻi hōʻino o ka cholera no nā keiki ma hope o ke kaiāulu

UNICEF a me kona hoa KEKAHI kaʻana i nā mea pono ʻole o ka meaʻai, me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana a me nā mālama hūʻai i nā ʻohana 2,000 e hālāwai i kā lākou pono koke. E loaʻa nā ʻohana 3,000 hou i nā lako lako i nā lā e hiki mai ana.

Ke hāʻawi nei nei ʻo UNICEF a me kāna mau hoa hana AAP, AVREO, Red Cross, INTERSOS, Médecins dʻAfrique, a me Oxfam i kēia mau lawelawe:

• Kōkua kōkua i nā keiki ma lalo o ʻelima, nā ʻōpio, nā wahine hāpai a me nā wahine lactating;
  Ke hoʻolako nei i nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau a pono i nā keʻena olakino e mālama ana i nā heluna lehulehu, e komo pū ana i nā hihia cholera;
• Kākoʻo kākoʻo i nā keiki e loaʻa ana i ka maʻi maukia o ka maʻi nui a me ka huaora A supplementation no nā keiki ma lalo o 5 ma ka Uvira Health Zone;
• Kākoʻo psychosocial i nā keiki i hānai ʻia a me nā ʻohana, a me kahi keʻena ʻokoʻa no nā keiki hoʻokaʻawale;
• Ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka pale ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā lako i nā kikowaena olakino 8 a ʻelua mau Halemai Hoʻomalu;
• Hoʻonui ʻana o nā kikowaena wai hana 6 e hāʻawi ana i ka 240,000 lita o ka wai i kēlā me kēia lā;

 

Nā kuʻuna a me nā cholera ma Kongo - nā lawelawe huakaʻi huakaʻi maʻamau i nā keiki ma ka Uvira Health Zone

ʻEhiku mau kaʻa e halihali ana i kahi 27 mau lāʻau lapaʻau hou, nā lako WASH a me nā pahu hāmeʻeuʻa no nā keiki ua hele ma Uvira i ka Pōʻalima 1 Mei.

ʻO ka pane koke koke i ka waikahe he kōkua no ke kākoʻo ʻana o kekahi mau hāʻawi, ʻo ke Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) a me ka Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).

ʻO ke kūlanakauhale nui o Uvira a me nā wahi e puni ana i ka nui o nā kānaka a me nā kānaka heʻe mai Burundi. Aia ma kahi o 5 miliona mau kānaka i kahi neʻe i loko o ka poʻe - 58 mau keneta o nā keiki - ma DRC ke makemake nui nei i nā kōkua kanaka.

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