Families are still feeling the disastrous effects of Hurricane Ida, the fierce typhoon that hit Louisiana on Aug. 29, bringing torrential rains and strong winds that destroyed and shattered homes and businesses and cut off the force to nearly a million people, adding to the entire city of New Orleans.
When emergencies occur, young people are the most affected, especially those who develop in low-income communities and young people from refugee and migrant families. Getting those vulnerable young people with help who want to succeed in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida and resume their childhood, UNICEF USA builds on relationships with local partners on the ground, offering access to technical expertise, resources, coverage for children and assistance.
UNICEF USA works hard with Church World Service (CWS) and its network of national and local partners to immediately test children’s wishes to identify vulnerabilities and gaps in service delivery and then accelerate life-saving interventions and reactions. CWS is a cooperative ministry of 37 Christian denominations and communions, some of which are able to react to crises.
Ida struck on the sixteenth anniversary of some other fierce weather event: Hurricane Katrina, a category five typhoon that killed more than 1,800 people and caused $12. 5 billion in damage. to the young people whose lives had been disrupted.
As the intensity and duration of storms have increased in the United States and its territories in recent years, UNICEF USA has been increasing. USA It has remained committed to protecting the physical and emotional well-being of young people caught in the crosshairs of the developing climate emergency. In recent climate mistakes in the United States, UNICEF USA has worked to address the wishes of vulnerable youth in Texas, Puerto Rico and Florida.
After Hurricane Harvey hit Houston in 2017, UNICEF USAUSA He urged the local government on the needs of children, teachers on how to identify and respond to misery in children, providing organizational treatment at school for traumatized children and supporting teachers and parents in the early years of training, the delivery of school. font kits for teachers and more.
UNICEF USA USA It supported those in need of blank water and other critical intellectual materials in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria in 2017, and education scholars and instructors regain their sense of stability through partners expanding an intellectual aptitude program that trains public school instructors and youth. community organizations focused on intellectual fitness and emotional well-being. And when Hurricane Michael hit Bay County, Florida, in 2018, UNICEF USAThe U. S. Food and Drug Service supported the education of instructors to better fulfill the intellectual and emotional fitness desires of young people whose lives were seriously affected by the storm.
UNICEF is there for the most vulnerable families and young people wherever they are, operating in difficult situations and hard-to-reach places. Should donations exceed the needs of Hurricane Ida, the surplus budget will be used for UNICEF’s emergency preparedness and response efforts where they wish to the fullest.
Sarah Ferguson is a content and social media editor at UNICEF USA. USA She has written in The New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, Elle, Vogue and
Sarah Ferguson is a content and social media editor at UNICEF USA. USA His writings have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, Elle, Vogue, and New York Magazine, among other publications.