Angka penduduk terjejas banjir di Somalia dijangka terus meningkat

SOMALIA, 2 Mei 2023 – Kira-kira 10,452 penduduk dilaporkan terjejas di kawasan Beledweyne, Somalia, ekoran banjir yang berpunca daripada hujan lebat yang melanda kawasan tanah tinggi di Ethiopia hingga mengakibatkan paras air sungai Shabelle dan Juba di Somalia meningkat.

Bencana ini bukan sahaja memusnahkan jalan raya dan jambatan, malah turut menjejaskan kawasan perladangan, perniagaan dan sumber mata pencarian penduduk setempat.

Islamic Relief di Somalia kini sedang bersiap siaga untuk menghadapi sebarang kemungkinan serta menjalankan respon segera bagi membantu penduduk terjejas.

Bantu Somalia sekarang!

Cuaca tidak menentu di Pakistan ragut dua nyawa

PAKISTAN, 2 Mei 2023 – Sekurang-kurangya dua orang maut, sementara dua lagi cedera akibat dipanah petir di kawasan Khuzdar, Aranji, Balochistan.

Beberapa rumah turut mengalami kerosakan di bahagian dinding.

Selain itu, satu kejadian gempa bumi berukuran 4.5 magnitud dengan kedalaman 54 kilometer telah melanda Balochistan.

Gegaran turut dirasai di kawasan Basima, Shamsi, Damag, Kharan dan Khuzdar, sementara di kawasan Kech, Panjgoor, Washuk, Khuzdar, Mastung, Surab dan Lasbella pula mengalami hujan lebat.

Sementara itu, bandar Turbat pula dilanda banjir, namun kini keadaan sudah terkawal.

Wilayah Balochistan dijangka mengalami hujan, ribut petir dan hujan batu bermula 27 April hingga 3 Mei. Hujan lebat dijangka mengakibatkan banjir kilat.

Jika ramalan cuaca buruk ini berlaku, ia mungkin menjejaskan infrastruktur dan tanaman di Balochistan.

Islamic Relief di Pakistan sedang memantau keadaan semasa dan akan berkongsi perkembangan terkini dari masa ke semasa.

Islamic Relief Malaysia edar bubur lambuk sempena bulan Ramadan

BANGI, 6 April 2023 – Islamic Relief Malaysia telah mengedarkan 210 bubur lambuk, 100 pek kurma dan risalah kempen Rezeki Ramadan kepada orang awam di sekitar Bangi Sentral, Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor.

Objektif program ini dijalankan adalah untuk mempergiatkan lagi hebahan berkaitan kempen dan aktiviti yang dijalankan ketika bulan Ramadan.

“Selain aktif menjalankan program-program kebajikan membantu golongan rentan, Islamic Relief Malaysia turut merasakan pentingnya untuk menjalinkan hubungan dan interaksi secara terus bersama orang awam dalam usaha menyebarkan maklumat mengenai gerak kerja kemanusiaan yang dijalankan,” kata Mohd Shukor Tahir, Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Islamic Relief Malaysia.

Tambahnya, pendekatan ini juga dilihat dapat menjadi ruang buat kakitangan Islamic Relief Malaysia untuk berkenalan dan merapatkan hubungan dengan pemilik premis-premis di kawasan kejiranan ini sambil mengajak mereka untuk turut serta terlibat dalam kerja-kerja tanggungjawab sosial.

Diharapkan pelaksanaan kempen Rezeki Ramadan dan kempen-kempen bantuan lain yang dijalankan Islamic Relief Malaysia terus mendapat capaian yang lebih meluas serta mendapat sokongan pelbagai pihak agar misi untuk membantu golongan memerlukan dapat diperluaskan lagi.

Ratusan khemah pelarian Syria rosak akibat hujan lebat

IDLIB, 30 Mac 2023 – Sekurang-kurangnya 514 khemah rosak, dan 1,044 lagi rosak sebahagiannya berikutan hujan lebat yang melanda Idlib, Syria hingga menjejaskan 33,742 orang di 74 kem pelarian.

Bencana ini memberi kesan besar kerana ada diantara kem terbabit baru sahaja dibina dan didiami penduduk terjejas gempa bumi yang melanda negara itu baru-baru ini.

Kebanyakan jalan raya di dalam kawasan kem diselaputi lumpur hingga tidak boleh digunakan.

Antara keperluan mendesak yang diperlukan ketika ini ialah selimut, tilam, plastik penebat haba, khemah dan makanan.

Terkini, Islamic Relief telah merangka untuk mengedarkan bantuan tilam, plastik penebat haba dan alat pemanas kepada 200 penduduk terjejas.

Banjir kilat di Somalia ragut 20 nyawa

SOMALIA, 30 Mac 2023 – Sekurang-kurangnya 20 orang terkorban, manakala 8,000 lagi hilang tempat tinggal dalam banjir kilat yang melanda kawasan Bardhere, Gedo, Somalia.

Bencana itu turut memusnahkan harta benda, kediaman dan kawasan pertanian penduduk setempat.

Penduduk terjejas yang hilang tempat tinggal telah berpindah ke kawasan yang lebih tinggi untuk menyelamatkan diri, namun kini berlaku kesesakan di tempat tersebut hingga menyebabkan mereka berdepan masalah kekurangan sumber air dan kemudahan sanitasi.

Jika keadaan ini terus berlarutan, dikhuatiri penyakit bawaan air seperti diarea akan menular.

Antara keperluan mendesak yang telah dikenalpasti ialah barangan bukan makanan, trak bagi membekalkan air bersih dan tempat perlindungan untuk 5,000 pelarian dalam negara (IDPs).

Islamic Relief kini sedang merangka plan bantuan wang tunai sebagai respon segera kepada penduduk terjejas.

Human rights for all Palestinians

Life in Gaza is a constant struggle for the approximately 2.1 million people who call it home. One of the most densely populated places on Earth, the small strip of land has been described as an “open-air prison”.

Its people have lived under a land, sea and air blockade imposed by Israel since 2007. The blockade hampers every aspect of life, from job opportunities to medical treatment, and the situation has only worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic.

More than 70% of Gaza’s population is unemployed, while 80% are reliant on external aid to survive. More than a quarter of families live in homes that are hazardous to their health.

A generation of young people has been psychologically scarred by prolonged conflict and the blockade. Some children cannot sleep because of nightmares and many young people have said they feel like they have no hope for the future.

In March 2021, an escalation in the conflict brought devastation to Gaza and placed an enormous burden on services that were already stretched to their limit. More than 250 people were killed and nearly 2,000 injured, some of whom will require lifelong care.

Rockets destroyed 300 buildings, including more than 1,100 housing units. Thousands more homes were damaged, as were several hospitals and primary care centres.

Islamic Relief has been working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 1997, responding to emergencies as well as implementing longer-term projects such as helping more than 2,000 Gaza residents to set up their own businesses or pursue an education.

Among other projects, we have provided clean drinking water to more than 1 million people in schools and health facilities, and repaired and restored over 1,500 homes.

As Islamic Relief and other agencies work to support the people of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Israeli authorities are increasingly pursuing different means to intimidate some humanitarian organisations that support Palestinian rights.

In October 2021, six Palestinian civil society organisations were designated as terrorist groups by Israel, in what was the latest move in an ongoing campaign to undermine human rights defenders and restrict the space for their legitimate activities.

Gaza deserves to prosper

In impossibly difficult circumstances, the people of Gaza have shown great resilience, but their dreams continue to be thwarted by the reality of the blockade.

We call for an end to the Israeli occupation and a lasting solution that is rooted in international law and justice, enabling all people in the region to live in peace and safety.

The blockade represents collective punishment of the people of Gaza and must be lifted immediately in line with UN Security Council resolution 1860.

We urge the UN Security Council to pass a new resolution that demands an immediate end to attacks on civilians in the Occupied Palestine Territory and Israel, addresses the injustice and inequality that are at the heart of the situation and calls for an end to the Israeli occupation.

Gaza deserves to prosper and its people deserve to fully enjoy their human rights.

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