{"id":35966,"date":"2017-10-02T16:43:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T16:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/u-s-contributes-rwf42-million-for-weather\/"},"modified":"2017-10-02T16:43:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T16:43:24","slug":"u-s-contributes-rwf42-million-for-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/u-s-contributes-rwf42-million-for-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S contributes Rwf42 million for weather calamity victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The relief fund will aid families whose needs were identified by the Government of Rwanda\u2019s Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs (MIDIMAR). <\/p>\n<p>The aid was provided to World Vision to assist the Government of Rwanda in delivering emergency relief supplies for 5,000 households with items such as jerry cans and hygiene products.<\/p>\n<p>The start of Rwanda\u2019s second rainy season has been marked by heavy rain storms that have caused flooding, the destruction of housing, crops, bridges, and loss of life.<br \/>\nAccording to MIDIMAR, at least five people were killed and 5,461 houses destroyed or damaged since the beginning of September. <\/p>\n<p>Preliminary information has indicated that the most affected districts are: Gicumbi, Ngoma, Gatsibo, Rwamagana, Gisagara, Huye, Rubavu, Rusizi, and Nyamasheke.<br \/>\nOther items destroyed were roads, livestock, water supply pipelines, electrical lines, schools and churches.<\/p>\n<p>According to U.S embassy in Rwanda, given the strong partnership between the United States and the Government of Rwanda and its people, and the impact of the disaster on very poor individuals, U.S. Ambassador Erica Barks-Ruggles has committed to mobilization of resources to assist the victims. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-21947 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/rains.jpg\" alt=\"Recent rains destroyed over 20 houses in Bugesera District\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Ambassador to Rwanda Erica Barks-Ruggles pledged over Rwf42 million for immediate emergency response to destruction caused by September\u2019s heavy rain storms. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-35966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35966"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=35966"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=35966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}