Victims of volcanic eruption in NE DR Congo in dire need of clean drinking water

STORY: Victims of volcanic eruption in NE DR Congo in dire need of clean drinking water DATELINE: April 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:10 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the victims living in the refuge site 2. SOUDBITE 1 (Swahili): SHURKURU KAMONYO ELIE, President of the Kayembe refuge site 3. SOUDBITE 2 (Swahili): MARIA KABIBI, Resident at the Kayembe site 4. SOUDBITE 3 (Swahili): ZAWADI MUSAFIRI, Resident at the Kayembe site STORYLINE: Without access to clean drinking water for three months, about two hundred victims of the eruption of the Mount Nyiragongo, in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), are affected by scabies. SOUDBITE 1 (Swahili): SHURKURU KAMONYO ELIE, President of the Kayembe refuge site "It's been almost a month and a half since the scabies invaded us. We have at least 175 adults and children who are affected by this disease. I think this is due to the lack of permanent access to drinking water but also to the poor living conditions." The

KENYA-KILIFI-DROUGHT

KENYA-KILIFI-DROUGHT

(220330) -- KILIFI, March 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villagers Zawadi Msafiri (R) and Caroline are seen in a withered maize crop field in Kidemu sub-location in Kilifi County, Kenya, March 23, 2022. Scattered on the five-acre farm in Bandari village, Kidemu sub-location in Kenya's coastal Kilifi County, were withered maize crops. Adam Ndamunga, an officer with Kenya National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) in Kilifi, said the drought situation in the region started in August 2021 and has been progressing due to inadequate rains. The United Nations relief agency said the Horn of Africa is experiencing one of its worst droughts in recent history, with more than 13 million people severely food insecure in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

KENYA-KILIFI-DROUGHT

KENYA-KILIFI-DROUGHT

(220330) -- KILIFI, March 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Villager Zawadi Msafiri is seen in a withered maize crop field in Kidemu sub-location in Kilifi County, Kenya, March 23, 2022. Scattered on the five-acre farm in Bandari village, Kidemu sub-location in Kenya's coastal Kilifi County, were withered maize crops. Adam Ndamunga, an officer with Kenya National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) in Kilifi, said the drought situation in the region started in August 2021 and has been progressing due to inadequate rains. The United Nations relief agency said the Horn of Africa is experiencing one of its worst droughts in recent history, with more than 13 million people severely food insecure in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)