Mali floods affect 47,000 people as more heavy rains are forecast this season

In response, MSF mobilized its medical and logistical teams to carry out assessments of flood-affected areas. “Families have lost all their belongings to the floods,” says Paul Solomon Okech, MSF project coordinator in Douentza. “Their homes have been flooded or collapsed, and some have been rehoused in schools while others are living in the open air and sleeping on the ground.”This situation increases the vulnerability of communities already suffering from the consequences of insecurity in the country, which has lasted for over 10 years. “Sites hosting displaced people fleeing violence have also been flooded, as in Ténenkou, further deteriorating their already precarious living conditions.”  In support of the authorities, MSF donated essential household items to almost 600 flood-affected families.