Fire destroys 44 shelters in South Darfur’s Kalma camp

03/04/2014 11:32

Tens of families in the Kalma camp for the displaced in South Darfur have been living in the open since Friday when a fire destroyed their homes. “The fire that broke out last Friday in Block 1 resulted in the destruction of 44 shelters, 33 of them entirely, and of seven horse carts” Dr Saleh Eisa Mohamed, the Secretary-General of Kalma camp told Radio Dabanga. “Three horses, five donkeys, 27 sheep, and a considerable number of chickens died. Hasaniya Abdallah Daoud (70), Tabna Ahmed Azraq (22), and Samira Fadil El Zain were seriously injured. Eisa said that they had contacted Unamid and a number of organisations to help the affected families. “The American Refugee Committee, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in coordination with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), responded on Wednesday, and distributed non-food items to 33 affected families, including tarpaulins, two blankets, two ground covers, a jerry can, and household utensils, to each family.” File photo: A fire at Kuma Garadaya village in North Darfur (Albert González Farran/Unamid)

Tens of families in the Kalma camp for the displaced in South Darfur have been living in the open since Friday when a fire destroyed their homes.

“The fire that broke out last Friday in Block 1 resulted in the destruction of 44 shelters, 33 of them entirely, and of seven horse carts” Dr Saleh Eisa Mohamed, the Secretary-General of Kalma camp told Radio Dabanga. “Three horses, five donkeys, 27 sheep, and a considerable number of chickens died.

Hasaniya Abdallah Daoud (70), Tabna Ahmed Azraq (22), and Samira Fadil El Zain were seriously injured.

Eisa said that they had contacted Unamid and a number of organisations to help the affected families. “The American Refugee Committee, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in coordination with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), responded on Wednesday, and distributed non-food items to 33 affected families, including tarpaulins, two blankets, two ground covers, a jerry can, and household utensils, to each family.”

File photo: A fire at Kuma Garadaya village in North Darfur (Albert González Farran/Unamid)