MAJOR STORM HITS JAKIRI DESTROYING HOMES AND FARMS

HONORABLE WIRBA AND CORA MOVE IN TO RELIEVE THE VICTIMS

A Powerful storm hit part of Jakiri town on the 24th of July 2017 destroying a vast number of houses and farms. This suddenly made families and individual homeless in desperate need of food.Many have been taken in by neighbors or have move to other areas where they have relatives

The CORA relief team immediately visited the disaster area and continued working with the affected families in the days that followed. The team came up with the shocking realization that more than 55 families were affected. CORA staff encouraged the victims to resettle where they could, while CORA figure out how to bring in relief. Hon. Wirba who is the Director General of CORA schedule a meeting with the victim on the 1st of August 2017 at CORA Head Office in Jakiri with the following objectives.

1.  To do a head by head count of the total number of families and persons affected by the tragic incident.
2.  To give moral an psychological support to those affected.
3. To pray for and with the victims.
4.  To give guidance on how to accept a tragedy that befell them and how to start picking up their lifes and moving on.
5. To offer disaster reliefs to the families affected.

Cora Director General, Hon. Wirba, appeals for help for the Jakiri storm disaster victims. The devastating storm disaster

1.  Destroyed more than 40 houses
2.  Displaced more than 55 families
3.  Destroyed more than 10 hectares of crops around the houses.
4. Affected more than 1000 persons