The Rotary club of Mbale has started a process to solicit for relief both monetary and tangible items to help the families that were hit by the mudslide in Bududa District last week.
According to the president Rotary club of Kampala Ivan Mwondha, their counterparts in Mbale under the “Bududa Rescue project” are already mobilizing for any kind of relief that can go to the affected persons.
Mwondha revealed this while he had made a courtesy visit to the deputy speaker Jacob Oulanya to appreciate his contribution of 38million shillings towards to rotary for improving the lives of unprivileged
communities.
Mwondha says that the amount of money which will be raised will go towards meeting the urgent needs of approximately 300 people from 60 homes that were badly hit by the calamity.
The deputy speaker of parliament Jacob Oulanya asked the public to always have a principal of serving above self, have a sense of humanity, and do what they can to help people who are always in need.
More than 40 people have been confirmed dead after they were hit by the landslides caused by River Suume when its banks busted last Thursday. The landslides and mudslides swept across five villages in Bukalasi sub-county in Bududa district.
This is the second time landslides occur in Bududa this year, the first one was In April this year, when over 2000 residents were displaced by landslides in the different villages of Bududa Sub County in Bududa District.
The multiple landslides destroyed several acres of gardens, livestock, and houses, but there were no reports of deaths or injuries, because people were asked to move away from their homes before the landslides
occur.