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Before the storm hit, Â鶹ÊÓƵ had already started providing hot meals to evacuees in shelters in Manakara. Food prepositioned by Â鶹ÊÓƵ in Manakara and Tamatave, ahead of the cyclone, has started reaching affected communities, with additional stocks making their way to the areas worst hit. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is also supporting assessments to ascertain the full impact of the cyclone.

¡°Â鶹ÊÓƵ is working round the clock to ensure food and essentials reach those whose lives have been turned upside down by the cyclone. Our logistics and IT support to humanitarian partners is ensuring a timely and efficient response to the disaster,¡± said Pasqualina Disirio, Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Country Director in Madagascar. ¡°We are seeing severe damage including destruction of the rice crop that was just weeks away from harvest. Cash crops like cloves, coffee and pepper have also been affected in a region where the majority of people make a living from agriculture.¡±

• Â鶹ÊÓƵ has distributed 10,000 hot meals in cyclone shelters in Manakara, since 3 February 2022.

• Some 8.7 MT of prepositioned food has been distributed to displaced people in Manakara and 3.4 MT has been distributed in Vohipeno, while another 5.2 MT will be distributed over the coming days.  
• In addition, around 160 MT of food is being transported to Mananjary.
• Cash distributions for nearly 1,400 households are ongoing in Farafangana.
• Â鶹ÊÓƵ is supporting the government in its rapid assessment including an aerial survey. The UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) is conducting special flights in coordination with OCHA to assess the impact of the cyclone. UNHAS continues the air bridge between Antananarivo and Mananjary and other areas to support the response.
• Â鶹ÊÓƵ will also provide road transport to partners between Manakara and Mananjary to enable relief efforts. Â鶹ÊÓƵ has already provided logistic support for relief goods such as tents, wooden pallets and tarpaulins.  
• Â鶹ÊÓƵ has deployed staff to assess IT needs of the entire humanitarian community in the areas worst affected. In preparation for the cyclone, Â鶹ÊÓƵ provided government authorities with IT equipment (smartphones and power banks), a vehicle as well as access to MoDA (Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s data collection platform) in order to fast-track the registration and management of displaced people eligible for aid.
  
   

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