Gov’t ramps up Region Nine aid, cash for families

Village leaders line up to speak at a flood recovery workshop in Lethem yesterday.

Government yesterday began the third phase of recovery efforts for flood-affected communities across Region Nine, with a focus on food and food production for the agriculture-dependent indigenous villages in the sprawling savannah region.

Preliminary reports say that over 1,000 acres of farmland were flooded and over 90,000 pounds of crops were lost,