Thousands of lives have been lost in Mozambique,Malawi and
Zimbabwe. Many people are still uncounted for,thousands are homeless, survivors
are facing many huddles in getting themselves on their feet once more.
They face starvation with no water to drink, they were
subjected to serious psychological torture resulting in psychological
inflammation.
Countless families are homeless, villages were wiped off,
roads, clinics, schools and bridges were devoured by the aggressive wind and
water.
The MDC contends that a lot could have been done
considering there is a whole floor dedicated for disaster management at the
SADC head office in Botswana.
We have seen individual efforts from member States
particularly assistance sent by President Magufuli on behalf of the people of
Tanzania. This is much appreciated.
Citizens of SADC countries also coordinated themselves to
assist fellow countrymen.
We are of the view that an urgent extra-ordinary summit of
SADC should be convened with the view to do the following:
1.To set up an intervention framework to deal with urgent
needs including food, health, shelter and essential infrastructure.
2.To review the challenges faced by the department on disaster
management at SADC and provide necessary support.
3.To deal with rescue missions specifically in countries
lacking in capacity.
4.To put in place urgent mitigation and management measures
with information of yet another storm looming.
These being purely people issues, the MDC hopes the absence
of the cynicism that comes from perpetual immersion in the region's plague
infested waters of politics, will give optimism that leadership will be
provided.
Jacob Mafume
MDC National Spokesperson
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