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Money for Madagascar – Charity enabling the Malagasy people to take charge of their own destiny

[:en]The African Union Commission has carried out a humanitarian assessment and solidarity mission in Madagascar following Cyclone Gezani, and has highlighted shelter, food and health as urgent needs in its wake. The Commission, which carried out its assessment in Toamasina, which is the major city worst hit by the cyclone, has donated US$20,000 worth of food and other items to vulnerable households, as well as US$200,000 from its Humanitarian Gesture Fund to support ongoing relief work. Gezani made landfall in Toamasina, Madagascar’s largest port city, on Tuesday 10th February. Its winds reached 155mph, and devastated the city, as well as large areas of its surrounding region. At least 62 men, women and children were killed, and 804 injured by the disaster, which has destroyed at least 25,000 houses and forced more than 35,000 people from their homes. The Commission reports that at least 478,000 people have been affected by Gezani, and numbers are likely to increase as rescue effort…