in the Comoros, aid is organized after the passage of Cyclone Chido – Libération

In the islands located in the northwest of the French archipelago, civil society and the government are mobilizing to help the victims of the cyclone.

Ten days after the cyclone hit Mayotte, the Solidarité Chido collective was able to collect more than 61,000 euros for the people of Mahor. This Wednesday, December 25, at the port of Mutsamudu, capital of the island of Anjouan, members of the collective are active. Trucks unload ten containers of water, the equivalent of 180,000 liters, and a 28-ton container of rice into a port hangar. A logistical challenge for this small country of 870,000 inhabitants nestled in the heart of the Indian Ocean. “The Comoros is an import country, we are not used to shipping large volumes between the islands of the archipelago, explains Sitti Djaouharia Chihabiddine, one of the initiators of Solidarité Chido. Six containers are leaving this Wednesday aboard the Citadel, the remaining cargo will depart in the coming days.” Logistics all the more complicated as “the French chancellery in the Comoros has not proposed a logistical solution to the outpouring of solidarity shown here, while we raised the question of the delivery of aid the day after the passage of the cyclone”, assures a member of the Solidarité Chido collective who requires anonymity.

“It’s obvious to support them”

“Mayotte is a part of ourselves, they are not neighbors. We have blood ties, it’s obvious to support them and the converse is true,” indicates Faharate Mahamoud, met at the port of Mutsamudu. In fact, since the start of the crisis, Comorians have mobilized to help