The Uganda Red Cross Society has distributed essential household items to 312 households displaced by floods in Ntoroko District, Western Uganda.

The distribution through URCS Bundibugyo branch followed a vulnerability capacity assessment in the affected sub counties of Butungama and Bweramule.

Catherine Ntabadde

The items included tarpaulins, cups, plates, blankets, saucepans, and soap and water purification tablets to reduce contamination of drinking water.

According to the spokesperson Uganda red cross Catherine Ntabade 19 households remain camped at Masaka Primary School and five at Budiba .

She adds that accessibility to Bweramule Sub County is still by a canoe.