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Sending cash to flood survivors – 4 things we got right and wrong

For Hassana in Kogi, Nigeria, October’s floods were not like years past. “All our farmlands washed away as many had not yet harvested what they planted. The flooding continued until our homes and other things were destroyed. At this point we were running helter-skelter,” she said.  These floods, the worst in a decade, result from […]

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Jul 27, 2023 by Maggie Shun & Vera Lummis
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