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More volunteers to aid Tanzania earthquake victims

Date: Sep 16, 2016

More than 50 volunteers and staff of the Tanzania Red Cross Society are rushing aid and care to hard-hit communities in Bukoba Township, after a powerful earthquake killed 20 people and left hundreds more injured, homeless and in distress.

The International Federation of Red Cross (IFRC) and Red Crescent Societies, IFRC, says there is an urgent need for food, shelter and psychosocial support in the affected areas." Hundreds of homes were destroyed or damaged in the quake that hit north western Tanzania on Saturday.

The IFRC’s Operations Officer for East Africa, Andreas Sandin...

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