Record floods are taking a devastating toll on children in the Mekong Delta. More children continue to lose their lives to the hazardous floodwaters with every passing day.
Floods have rendering millions of people homeless or without adequate shelter.
Many of these families are facing diminishing food supplies, and are being forced to rely on polluted floodwater for their daily needs. Approximately 800,000 children are currently missing school. While the situation facing flood-affected children and their families is already grave, it could potentially grow worse in the coming months. When floodwaters recede in late November, people in affected areas, especially children and infants, will be at increased risk of contracting diarrhoea, cholera, dengue fever and malaria. Without this assistance they will be left vulnerable to disease, and a host of other threats to their health and wellbeing.