Video .. Popular initiatives to relief victims of floods in Sudan

Muzdalifa Mohammed Osman-Khartoum

While millions of Sudanese were busy following up on the details of the final agreement between the forces of freedom, change and the military, at the beginning of the second half of August last year; a few thousand others were suffering floods and floods swept their homes, leaving most of them in the open.

The affected people were not immune from the Sudanese capital, which was celebrating the completion of the agreement. On its northern and southern sides, the people lived the tragedies of the flood, and faced with handcuffs flooded by surprise, dropping them in their hands, and unable to face them.

Because the state, in its broad actual sense, was completely absent or preoccupied with the new phase arrangements, popular sectors confronted the aid of those affected by self-help, and assistance from Arab capitals cannot be waited because their arrival procedures for the victims may be prolonged.

Dozens of young volunteers have been seen in flooded areas trying to help families with simple aid that eases the loss of homes and furniture, or helps them with food and clean water.

Thousands of victims
According to a recent official census, 78 people died due to the collapse of roofs and electrocution.An estimated 346,300 people were affected by heavy rains and flash floods in 16 Sudanese states, as well as the disputed Abyei region with South Sudan. 41,514 houses were completely destroyed and 27,742 others partially damaged.

The states affected by the rains and floods include Khartoum, Blue Nile, Gedaref, Gezira, Kassala, North Darfur, North Kordofan, Red Sea, Nile River, Sennar, South Darfur, South Kordofan, West Darfur, West Kordofan, White Nile and Abyei Area.

Most of those affected need shelter, essential items, water and sanitation services and stagnant water drainage.

As a result of this need, popular interfaces and voluntary initiatives have been active for the relief of the affected people, especially after the violent invasion of the areas of "Al-Jili" and "Wad Ramli" north of Khartoum.

Wad Ramli, about 60 km (60 miles) north of Khartoum North, is a region famous for growing citrus fruits and fruits, and people have suffered heavy losses after flooding farms and homes.

People of Tekke
The Samaniyya (one of the known Sufi orders), along with the people of Shambat, engaged the area to provide food and clean water to hundreds of residents in Wad Ramli.

The Sufis have erected huge tents to prepare food for those affected, amid the welcome and gratitude of the affected families of the loss of shelter and support.

Al-Tayyib Siddiq, a photojournalist, wrote on his Facebook page commenting on the great support of the people of Wad Ramli under the title: "Broken in Wad Ramli, the people of Tekkia, with great love, humility and refraction."

"The refraction of Sufism is a clear picture of humility and submission. Volunteering and lovingly serving daily behavior in the mosques and mosques of Ahlullah."

However, despite the widespread public effort, the need for aid is still present in these areas; the damage caused to families by the floods can be limited and besieged only by large interventions that cannot be covered by the volunteers' hands despite their length and dedicated efforts.

We are on time
In the center of the campaign "Nafir" suburb of buildings in Khartoum, Al Jazeera Net stood on the work of a large group of young volunteers to prepare aid and support for those affected by floods and recent rains.

The place filled with love was filled with work that captivated those who saw it, crowded with bags packed with "flour, rice and lentils," carried by young men and women in the prime of life, distributed between the rooms and amid huge piles of materials waiting to be mobilized, to transport to a huge truck rented to travel far to the States The Blue and White Nile, both swept through Seoul, make no distinction between the victims.

Ibrahim Al-Safi, media coordinator of the Nafeer campaign, which has been popular since 2013, explains to Al Jazeera Net their efforts to intervene quickly and help those affected by the threat of rain and flood. “We started work from the south of the belt (south of Khartoum) after we received calls from the people there. This area witnessed the beginning of the disaster, and then moved to the areas of Jelly Wood sandy and a number of areas of the outskirts of Khartoum and Omdurman, and then the crisis began to spread to other states, we were in the Nile (north) and the White Nile and Sennar and the island (central).

Al-Safi explains that the campaign, which employs more than 2,000 volunteers, receives support from some businessmen, a number of institutions, organizations and some expatriates, as well as contributions from citizens, which enables them to cover a wide need for the affected people, but he points out that their sense of default remains in The scale of the damage and the flooded areas of the capital and states remained high.

He pointed out that the distribution is conducted according to the reports of field teams that move direct calls received by the campaign on social media, and "Nefir" rescue operations for those trapped in water in cooperation with the scouts teams send cars or boats to rescue the stranded.

The media coordinator explained that their assistance goes beyond food to provide temporary housing for those who have lost their homes, but regrets that the high prices of tents this year prevented them from providing them to the needy, and replaced them with "tarpaulins" delivered to families, to protect them from the sun.