About 323 people and children living without a home was saved by the rapid intervention team of the ministry and the governorates during the bad weather spell that started on Thursday, Minister of Social Solidarity Nevin El-Kabbaj said on Friday.
She added that 314 out of the 323 were homeless elderly; about 12 of them were transferred to nursing homes to receive various care and services, after they agreed to leave the streets.
Furthermore, about 9 children inspected were treated with care, and were placed in care homes.
Moreover, the team has distributed 227 blankets and 304 hot meals to them.
The minister stressed that several governorates have opened its doors to receive numbers of them, confirming that the team and campaigns will continue and spread throughout the governorates a day during the bad weather spell to save the homeless elderly.
The ministry is affiliated with 7 social institutions that provide protection and care for the homeless, in addition to 6 NGOs, 10 nursing homes, that cooperates with the Ministry in this.
She pointed out that the rapid intervention teams and “Children Without Shelter” program were provided with blankets, aid, and meals to cope with the bad weather.
It is worth mentioning that various parts of Cairo and other governorates have witnessed Thursday a spell of unstable weather, including heavy rains, thunder, and lighting.
This unstable wave will lead to severe changes in the weather of the country starting from Thursday, till Saturday.
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) report noted that heavy rains are expected to hit the coastal cities and Lower Egypt. Thunderous rains, possibly reaching flood levels, are expected in Sinai, Suez Gulf’s cities, and southern the country.
EMA also pointed to strong winds that raise dust and sand across the country, urging citizens to be careful during this weather.
On the other hand, Egypt’s General Administration of Traffic has announced Thursday the closure of seven roads due to bad, and unstable weather conditions across the country’s governorates.
The roads include “Qena/Luxor”, “Qena/Suhag”, “Qena/Nagaa Hamadi”, “Assuit/Al-Kharga”, “Al Wahat Al Baharia/ Al Farafra” and “Paris/ Al-Kharga”.
The aim of the closure is to prevent accidents due to heavy winds that resulted in reduced visibility.
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