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The day was witnessed by Mr. Gabriel Kangowa who represented the Right Honorable Prime Minister Nahas Angula, Mrs Francoise Le Goff Head of Southern Africa Zone based in Johannesburg, Andimba Toivo Ya Toivo - Namibia Red Cross Chairman, Dr Leake Hangala represented stakeholders, Head of different organizations, Namibia Red Cross Secretary-General Ms Dorkas Kapembe-Haiduwa as well as staff and volunteers of Red Cross. On this day, the Red Cross had expressed a special appreciation, acknowledges and recognizes its donors who choose to support the organization while highlighting some of the exceptional contributions that have been made to the Red Cross early this year. The Namibia Red Cross would like to thank those businesses and individuals that stepped up to help out during this devastating time. Donors rushed to meet the needs of those affected by the flood disaster, and because of their quick and generous action, the Red Cross was able to meet immediate needs of disaster victims by providing a safe place to stay, warm meals and counseling. said Namibia Red Cross Secretary-General Dorkas Kapembe-Haiduwa. We offer our thanks not only for what has been given to us but for what we have been able to give others because of the generosity of those contributions. Namibia experienced heavy flooding in the North-East and North-West areas of the country early this year affecting nearly 235 735 people. The extensive flooding continued for almost five months, leaving thousands without shelter and food, since even reserved and fresh crop was affected. Infrastructures such as roads, bridges, clinics, school and businesses were also affected. The flood adversely affected both man and land displacing 65 000 people. The Namibia Red Cross and its donors dispatched thousands of tents, blankets, mosquito nets, water makers, jerry cans, bar soaps, plastic buckets, kitchen sets, tarpaulins, shelter repair kits, clothes and tons of food in the affected areas. In addition medicines have also been distributed to cater for the needs of flood affected areas. According to the Secretary-General, while the focus of its Flood of Applause Day message is acknowledgement and recognition of all contributors to the Red Cross, an equally important part of being good stewards of those donated dollars is letting the contributors know where, when and how their donations have been used sharing them how they have made a difference in someones life. This also further supports the Red Cross commitment to transparency, particularly when it comes to financial donations. The Namibia Red Cross is committed to informing the public
when it has raised funds to cover the costs of any disaster
relief effort. The financial donation received was more than
2 million Namibian Dollars. The Namibia Red Cross shall
continue to count on its donors on their support and
tireless interventions as well as asks people who have not
yet given donations to start supporting the ongoing needs of
the Namibian people. In addition, the publics continued
support is essential to the Namibia Red Cross life saving
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Gratitude is
a year-round theme at the Namibian Red Cross, an
organization that depends on generosity of donors of all
types from all walks of life to support its mission to
provide assistance wherever and whenever it is needed-
around the clock and around the world. Even so, the Red
Cross takes an opportunity at this time of the year to say
again thanks for giving to the thousand of contributors
across the country that support the organization. Due to the
extraordinary generosity of the public, the Namibia Red
Cross held a Flood of Applause Day on the 14 of November
2008 to its donors who contributed immensely to the flood
disaster that hit some parts of the country from January to
April this year. 