Flood-affected communities are returning home in western Terai, Nepal amid warnings of more heavy rain. World Vision is providing assistance to returnees and those remaining in temporary shelter sites.
World Vision will provide aid in the form of rice and iron sheeting to villagers in the central province of Quang Tri after Typhoon Mekkala hit the area on Tuesday (September 30).
World Vision flew relief supplies to some of the hardest-hit areas in western Terai, Nepal after torrential rainfall severely flooded the area, leaving 45 people reported dead.
The poor farm workers of Bihar have not had to worry too much about rising food costs elsewhere in India. But with crops and food supplies claimed by the disastrous floods, they are now facing the grim impact of global inflation on their lives.
World Vision is assisting children caught up in the conflict in Mindanao, Philippines, with special ‘Child Friendly Spaces’ and is distributing aid to more than 3,000 displaced families.
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