Children, women need special focus in aftermath of Ditwah devastation

IT is children and women who suffer disproportionately at the time of a crisis including during the time of natural disasters such as the one that has impacted the country.

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Many hundreds are displaced and living in temporary lodging. For some it will be a long wait to get back to permanent homes while for others it should be a shorter period.

The numbers are still being counted but there will be children who have been left orphaned, some left with a single parent, woman left widowed or alone having lost their family members in the tragedy.

The biggest concern for women and children is their personal safety and security which can easily get compromised outside the safety of their homes. The walls of their houses which once sheltered them from many dangers and kept them safe are today, either fully or partially destroyed while others are muddied/water damaged and will take weeks to be restored to what they were.