AFGHANISTAN, August 3, 2021 – At least 14 million people are experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, and more than 9.5 million people are in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) level 3.

The food crisis keeps getting worse due to ongoing forty years conflict, natural disasters such as drought and flood, high food prices, rampant unemployment, and COVID-19.

The conflict continues to cause severe bodily and psychological trauma. It was also left millions of people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance to survive and forces hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes each year.

Food storage and limited water access were increasing the prevalence of severe malnutrition.

By the end of 2021, the number of acutely food insecure people in Afghanistan could increase to almost 50% of the population.

Islamic Relief Afghanistan has identified the urgent needs for those affected such as food, livelihood support, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), shelter, and non-food items (NFI).

The humanitarian assistance planned will be implemented within 12 months for the most affected areas such as Kabul, Nangarhar, Balkh, Herat, Daykundi, and Faryab.

Islamic Relief will collaborate with other humanitarian partners and local authorities to ensure more than 210,000 people benefited from this program.

TURKI, 2 Ogos 2021 – Sekurang-kurangnya lapan maut dalam insiden kebakaran di wilayah selatan Turki.

Antara kawasan yang terlibat dengan bencana ini ialah Antalya, Mersin, Osmaniye, Adana, Kahramanmaras, Mugla, Kirikkale dan Kayseri.

Usaha mengawal kebakaran yang berlaku di 14 kawasan hutan masih diteruskan sementara 57 kawasan lagi sudah berjaya dipadamkan.

Usaha-usaha memadamkan kebakaran dijalankan oleh 4,000 petugas, lima pesawat udara, 45 helikopter, sembilan pesawat dan satu helikopter tanpa jurupandu, 55 kenderaan berat, 680 lori pemadam kebakaran dan satu tangki air.

Selain daripada bantuan daripada pihak kerajaan, banyak pihak lain juga turut serta membantu antaranya ‘Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency’ (AFAD), Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah di Turki dan juga pasukan mencari dan menyelamat yang lain.

Islamic Relief Turki kini sedang bersiap siaga untuk memberikan bantuan berdasarkan situasi semasa.

INDONESIA, July 30, 2021 – More than 1,000 death tolls were reported in Indonesia since July 16 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The numbers are consistently happening every day.

Indonesia reported the highest new Covid cases daily in the world surpasses India and Brazil.

Hospitals in the islands of Java and Bali had to be closed due to a lack of oxygen supply.

To date, more than three million Indonesians have been infected with the virus while the death toll has reached 83,000 people.

Indonesia has been battling a tide of coronavirus infections and deaths driven by the highly contagious Delta variant for the past month.

Less than seven percent of Indonesia’s population has been fully vaccinated.

Islamic Relief Indonesia is still monitoring the situation with help from local authorities and other humanitarian partners.

The most urgent need especially in Jakarta is medical assistance, which is now almost running out of supply.

MAHARASHTRA, 27 July 2021 – At least 251 were killed while 50 injured causes by floods and landslides in western districts Maharashtra, India due to heavy rains since 22 July.

Eight Covid-19 patients in Chiplun town hospital, Ratnagiri were killed after floodwaters entered the hospital area.

Ten districts which reported severely affected are Kolhapur, Raigad, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri, Thane, Mumbai Suburban, Sindhudurg, Pune, Wardha.

A total of 229,074 people were evacuated to safer locations.

There are 253 relief camps have been set up in Kolhapur and six more in Ratnagiri to accommodate 7,832 affected people.

As reported, there are 3,284 animals died in affected areas while in Sangli district alone, 17,300 livestock are also died.

Units of the Coast Guard, Indian Navy and the Indian Army are concentrated in rescue and relief efforts in Ratnagiri and Raigad districts while the Indian Air Force is concentrated in Chiplun Ratnagiri.

The central and state governments have initiated a substantial response including deploying 34 NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) teams and 4 SDRF (State Disaster Response Force) teams.

Moreover, PM Modi has announced 200,000 INR compensation to the families of the deceased.

The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has announced more than RM11,000 compensation will be given to the families of the deceased while more than RM2,800 compensation will be given to those injured.

Islamic Relief India is still monitoring the situation always ready to help those affected.