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Councilor for Social Rights, Conchita Ruiz, today chaired the extraordinary Cooperation Council in which it has been agreed to allocate emergency aid for the Indian state of Kerala after suffering severe flooding.
Thus, 15,000 euros will be delivered between Juan Ciudad and Vincentian Cooperation for Development (Covide) who are working in the area.
This catastrophe has caused the death of more than 400 people, the evacuation of a million inhabitants and the destruction of 50,000 houses.
The Hospitaller Order of San Juan de Dios is present in the region of Katappana, very affected by the landslides and overflow of rivers, providing medical attention to the displaced from the San Juan de Dios Hospital.
In addition, the Diocese of Kanjirappally is also serving about 100,000 people in shelters.
In the Kuttanadu e ldukky region, two of the most affected, the Archdiocese of Changanassherry is working intensively or through its organization Chanqanasherry Social Service Society (CHASS) and the Congregation of Franciscan Poor Clares, offering shelter, drinking water, food, clothing and medicines to 16,250 families.
The priority and urgent needs are clothes and sanitary articles such as soap, toothpaste and brushes, sanitary napkins, diapers and sheets, medicines, dry foods and drinking water.
For its part, Covide works to ensure the food security of more than a thousand people affected, in acquiring medicines and in delivering clothing and equipment to those affected.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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