"When I woke up and realized what was happening, my house was already broken in half and the neighbor's houses were already in the mud," shared a victim of the mudslides. "I lost my father and the eldest son. He was 19 years old. We lost everything we had. My neighbor lost everything. They were buried all of them, with all their possessions."

ADRA's intervention is being carried-out in the sub-county of Sisiyi, distributing two-week rations of food consisting of maize meal, beans, and salt. In addition, ADRA is distributing NFI's including waterproof tarps as an additional form of shelter, cookware, blankets, and mosquito nets; a preventative measure from contracting malaria. ADRA is targeting their response to households with pregnant and lactating mothers, infants, elderly, and those suffering from HIV/AIDS.

Lingering since August, the torrential rains overwhelmed the over-settled region by Mount Elgon, leaving more than 1500 homes demolished by the heavy mud. Adding to the troubling situation, the landslides submerged pit latrines, which has caused sanitation related challenges to arise. Reuters has reported that residential settling has razed much of the mountainsides in eastern Uganda, leaving the region vulnerable to deadly landslides. Reports from the ADRA Uganda office stated that schools and roads are completely inaccessible. In addition, scores of homes, crops, and animals are buried under the landslides' debris. Of the 50 previously mentioned individuals killed, many of them were reported to have been children.

The ADRA Network committed $66,500 towards this response, funding comes from ADRA Uganda, ADRA Division/Regional Office, ADRA International, ADRA Denmark, ADRA Sweden, ADRA Canada, ADRA Finland, ADRA Austria, and ADRA Norway.