Safepath – Nigeria visits Women Flood Survivors in Eziaguluotu, Anambra East LGA and provides Emergency Flood Relief Materials to Thirty Housholds
As part of efforts to cushion the devastating impact of 2022 floods on women and girls in some communities in Anambra State, SafePath Alliance for Women and Girls (SAFEPATH-Nigeria) visited Eziaguluotu Community in Anambra East Local Government Area on Thursday 22nd December 2022 to provide emergency relief materials to women and girls who lost all their belongings to the flood water. Over thirty households were reached with relief materials during the visit.
This activity was made possible with support from ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) under the strategic opportunity funding project titled ‘A multi-faceted and inclusive Approach to protection of Human Rights of Women, Girls and Vulnerable survivors of Flood Disaster in Anambra State’. This project was jointly implemented in two communities within the state by two women’s rights organizations, SafePath Alliance for Women and Girls (SAFEPATH-NIGERIA) and Barrister Chika Rita Okwuosah Foundation (BCROF).
The Director of SAFEPATH-NIGERIA, Nkechi Jane-Frances Odinukwe shared that the visit to Eziaguluotu Community is the second visit they are making to a flood affected community in Anambra state as they have already visited Umunankwo Community in Ogbaru Local Government area. She stressed that the visit to Eziaguluotu was not only to supply emergency relief materials to survivors but for the two WROs to visibly observe how survivors have re-settled in after the flood and how they are coping with their day to day lives. Considering that the floods have almost become an annual occurrence, the visit equally provided a chance for the two organizations to explore opportunities for promoting increased access to voice and leadership in ‘community disaster management structures’ for women in communities