For the past three years Mali has been proved vulnerable to frequent natural and Man-made disasters including floods, droughts and conflict; which most times causes heavy loss of lives and properties in several communities in the country. Over 70% of the population in Mali today is faced economic hardship and Social disappointment. 75% of the youthful populations are out of job, poverty is rising as joblessness and falling standards of living continue to inflict pain on communities across the country. This state of affairs is prevalent mostly in the rural and suburban communities where recurrent crisis in these countries have greatly affected food production-sky rocketing food prices and scarcity. This has thrown over 1.4 million people in desperate Food insecurity.
On the 24th August fresh flood waters as a result heavy rains, causing huge storm surface run-offs and flooded river levels and tributaries of Mali’s river side capital Bamako, over ran its banks into neighborhood causing over 56 deaths and over 5 more people missen. Tens of thousands of US Dollars-worth of property were missing in the flood. Over 1,000 surviving households lost their houses and fled their collapsed homes are now allowed to temporary reside in designated schools- used as internally displaced reception centres for the affected households. Most of these encamped victims of the flood are without food, clean water, household items and some are in depreciated health conditions and where temporarily camped into schools, which caused the delay in the reopening of schools. An appeal was made by the Malian Government for emergency assistance for the flood victims