Cameroon Floods Flash Update 02
The situation of children
Highlights
Heavy rains from July to September 2024 caused flooding in several localities in the Far North. According to the Regional Delegation of Health, 60,777 households, including 123,441 children under 5 and 26,591 pregnant women were severely affected by the floods and at least 17 persons died due to drowning or the collapsing of houses. As of 13 September. OCHA reports that 1,678 heads of livestock were lost and 13,471 hectares of agricultural land were destroyed.3 Read the story of Djara and her family who were affected by the floods in Yagoua, Mayo Danay.
The rains also continue to severely impede education access, as the floods destroyed, damaged, or cut off schools. Education authorities stated that education activities could not resume at the start of the new school year in 206 primary and 55 secondary schools in 18 sub-divisions in the Logone-et-Chari (7) and Mayo-Danay (11) divisions, affecting approximately 103,906 students and 1,418 teachers. It is likely that without support, the affected children will not resume school for several months.
