In Calais, northern France, we welcomed unaccompanied minors at our day center, offering them medical and psychological support and inviting them to participate in psychosocial activities. Our teams and volunteers also conducted medical and psychological consultations for people living in camps through mobile clinics. During the winter months, we arranged emergency shelter for children, women, and families to prevent them from being forced to sleep outside in harsh weather conditions.
Between May and August, MSF responded to a cholera epidemic in the French archipelago of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean by supporting local organizations with health promotion sessions and training on diarrheal diseases. Our teams also conducted water and sanitation activities in several informal urban settlements to reduce the risk of disease. In December, Cyclone Chido hit Mayotte, causing widespread destruction and destitution. In response, MSF launched an emergency intervention focusing on assisting people living in informal settlements. We set up mobile clinics in several villages and supplied clean water by rehabilitating a water catchment point and installing a chlorination tank.
