Limbe Flood Response 2023: Community Assessment and Hygiene Awareness

CADEF Cameroon joined South West WASH Cluster partners, with support from UNICEF, in responding to flooding and landslides in Limbe. The August 2023 activity record documents community needs assessments and hygiene awareness.

Teams visited Clacks Quarter, Livanda, Upper Mawoh and Lower Mawoh to assess the needs of affected households and families.

Community awareness activities covered cholera prevention, hygiene promotion and household water treatment. These activities formed part of the preventive WASH response following the floods.

UNICEF field visit during the Limbe flood response
UNICEF field visit during the Limbe response.
CADEF and UNICEF personnel at a flood-affected school
CADEF and UNICEF team at a flood-affected school.
Landslide damage at Upper Mawoh
Landslide at Upper Mawoh
CADEF household hygiene awareness activity
CADEF door-to-door hygiene promotion and household water-treatment sensitisation.
Community engagement during the Limbe WASH response
CADEF field activity during the 2023 Limbe response

Local engagement helped the response teams understand household conditions and share practical prevention information. This article records activities undertaken; subsequent WASH distribution is documented in the November 2023 relief story.

Continue the response story

This article records the August 2023 response. Explore the 2023 results and gallery, or follow the separate 2026 Limbe response.

2023 results and learning · 2023 photo gallery · 2026 response record