So far the only response to my email (I sent another one to the Prime Minister) was a brief email yesterday from the office of the Prime Minister telling me that “the issue falls under the portfolio of the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation” and forwarding my message to her.

I haven’t heard a response from her, but today the Accra Mail reported that CIDA is providing $645 000 in emergency funds, and that Canada is committed to further assistance through the UN appeal and through the long term programs CIDA has in the North. According to the CIDA website, this is part of a larger $300 million contribution to humanitarian relief in all of the countries affected.

I’ll continue to update the news, and when I get to Ghana I’ll report on the situation there. I’ve set up another page on the site (linked in the sidebar) that will collect all of the information on the flood that I post.

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