Sarifia says she and her sister know their father is alive but their mother is missing, and Elise boarded a helicopter while her grandmother stayed behind. One of them might be to make attempts not to separate mothers from their children, and just train pilots a bit to take a mother with their child rather than just take a child. Recognizing the need to reunite children with their families, the Spanish Red Cross has plans to begin assisting the Mozambique Red Cross to prepare for family tracing activities and a delegate has arrived from Pretoria, South Africa, to offer additional assistance. The flooding has displaced a quarter of a million people, and the death toll from the floods could reach into the thousands. One hundred tons of aid is being distributed daily.
Shelter is also a priority.
A four-member American Red Cross team was deployed to the region to help distribute relief supplies and to assess the affected areas to determine what the immdediate needs are. And while relief agencies provide them with food, water, and medical care, many of the frightened children wait patiently for their parents to come and find them in the camps. How You Can Help To help the victims of international disasters, you may make a secure online credit card donation with the American Red Cross International Response Fund . Money from the International Response Fund is given to countries most in need of assistance. Or you may send your donation to your local Red Cross or to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013.