Among the materials included sanitary pads, soaps, tooth pastes and clothes. The country representative Mark Bryan Schreiner said women and girls are among 5,600 people who were affected by the mudflow.
Speaking in Dar es Salaam yesterday after returning from Hanang, Schreiner said the support was important to the victims.
“UNFPA has donated the items which were received by Col. Selestine Masalamado who is the assistant director for operations and coordination in the Prime Minister’s Office disaster management department,” he said.
Schreiner said apart from the need to provide them with security, there is need also for the women and girls to access quality healthcare, saying this was the reason they have donated the items.
“As Tanzania was facing above average rains in various areas in the country, UNFPA promises that it will continue to collaborate with stakeholders and the government to provide humanitarian support,” he said.
He said UNFPA Tanzania is engaged in humanitarian services, reproductive health, and the fight against sexual violence in various areas including Kigoma based refugee camps.
"UNFPA is also working on humanitarian services in more than 60 countries in the world and has been cooperating closely with the governments of the respective countries," he said.
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