The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has provided a local social support centre with counsellors to provide moral and emotional support to victims of the Baling floods.
Its minister Rina Mohd Harun said the victims needed psychosocial guidance as some had been traumatised by the disaster.
“As we know, some of them are traumatised. I was also visited by some representatives from nearby residential areas who although were not affected, they too felt traumatised as they are constantly worried if their houses are safe or otherwise.
“Hence, we need to give psychosocial help to them,” she told Bernama after a briefing session from the Social Welfare Department. She also presented donations to flood victims at the temporary evacuation centre at Surau An-Nur today.
Rina said women traders who were affected by the floods will be assisted in terms of basic capital to restart their businesses.
On the donation, she said it was in the form of food baskets as well as electrical appliances such as rice cookers and fans which were also donated by corporate companies as well as her ministry.
Floods on Monday claimed three lives, including a pregnant woman. A total of 12 villages were affected, with 15 houses so badly damaged that they could no longer be inhabited.
- Bernama
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