Ghana Red Cross Society to assist houses affected by the rainstorm

The Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) in partnership with TEERE, a Civil Society Organization, under the Safe Housing Project will provide about 1,000 houses and survivors that were affected by rainstorms in the Upper East Region.

The project, estimated to cost about GHc41,000,000.00, is sponsored by the German Economy and the Federal Ministry of Economics and International Development through the  Senior Experten Service (SES).

This was disclosed to the Upper East Regional Minister, Honorable. Stephen Yakubu when officials of the GRCS and TEERE called on him in his office.

Mr. Paul Pidimniba Woomera, the Regional Director of the GRCS, told the Minister that the Housing project was aimed at supporting disaster survivors and the vulnerable whose houses were destroyed in torrential rains over the years.

He said flood-prone areas in the 15 Municipalities and Districts across the Region would benefit from the project.

Mr. Wooma said a humanitarian forum would be launched next week in the region to marshal forces towards the realization of the project.

Honorable. Yakubu noted that as a result of climate change, heavy rains with storms had destroyed people’s houses and rendered them homeless over the years.

He said the geographical location of the Upper East to the Sahel Regions, and the inadequate trees in the region to serve as a windbreak, partly accounted for the annual rainstorm disasters.

“People used their life savings to build houses just only one night or one-hour rains will destroy everything,” the Minister said.

He said the initiative by the GRCS and TEERE was a relief to affected residents in the Region and promised the team his support to work effectively and assiduously to improve the housing conditions of the people.

He urged the Municipal and District Chief Executives in the Region to give them the necessary support to bring relief to the affected people.