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Uganda president on flood march Uganda president on flood march
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is leading a march in the capital, Kampala, to help raise funds for victims of the recent flooding. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has pledged $57,000 to assist victims of the heaviest rains in three decades.
The UN estimates at least 300,000 people are still affected by the heaviest rains in three decades. He promised the donation after leading a march through the capital, Kampala, to raise funds for an estimated 300,000 people affected by the flooding.
The floods in August and September affected more than 15 African nations.The floods in August and September affected more than 15 African nations.
In Ghana, the UN has appealed for $10m for some 75,000 people threatened by malnutrition after the floodwaters destroyed crops and food stores.In Ghana, the UN has appealed for $10m for some 75,000 people threatened by malnutrition after the floodwaters destroyed crops and food stores.
Completely cut off
The march which was organised by MPs from the affected area attracted politicians, diplomats and students.
YOUR EXPERIENCES The water kept rising. We lost everything - plates, clothing, bedding, my bicycle, even our sorghum and cassava crops Innocent Okia, Mbale, Uganda 'Washed away': Your stories Satellite images of floods Your pics: Floods in UgandaYOUR EXPERIENCES The water kept rising. We lost everything - plates, clothing, bedding, my bicycle, even our sorghum and cassava crops Innocent Okia, Mbale, Uganda 'Washed away': Your stories Satellite images of floods Your pics: Floods in Uganda
The UN's Ghana co-ordinator, Dawda Toure, said the money was needed urgently. "The people of Uganda cannot starve when this government is in charge. The Ugandan government will contribute 100 million shillings to this relief committee," President Museveni told those who participated in the march.
"It is about helping to meet the most immediate needs of the population... the lifesaving ones that we are embarking on. But also we need to be restoring livelihoods," he told the BBC's Network Africa. So far the relief effort has distributed food to around 82,000 Ugandans whose houses and farms were destroyed by the floods.
An estimated 18,000 people in northern Ghana lost their homes to the floods and the UN says tents will be distributed as temporary shelter until the displaced have rebuilt their homes on higher ground The BBC's Sarah Grainger in Kampala says the UN is optimistic that the fundraising campaign it launched two weeks ago will raise enough to provide emergency relief to flood victims.
The march in Uganda is being organised by MPs from the flooded areas.
The floods, which have ravaged the north-eastern parts of the country since April, are beginning to sweep through other districts.The floods, which have ravaged the north-eastern parts of the country since April, are beginning to sweep through other districts.
One district in the east has been completely cut off for two weeks and can only be accessed by boat or helicopter.
In Ghana, the UN's country co-ordinator, Dawda Toure, said the money was needed urgently.
"It is about helping to meet the most immediate needs of the population... the lifesaving ones that we are embarking on. But also we need to be restoring livelihoods," he told the BBC's Network Africa.
An estimated 18,000 people in northern Ghana lost their homes to the floods and the UN says tents will be distributed as temporary shelter until the displaced have rebuilt their homes on higher ground.