Newsletter - The African Flash
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In order to capture all of the news reports of deaths and injuries for each month, we wait till a few days after the month has closed to distribute it. We apologize for any confusion about the month being covered by doing it this way.
Additionally, in cases where the report appeared in several newspapers or media outlets, you may see more than one listed for the same event on our website pages. Even though the title may be the same, there are often different details which may be useful to people who use this resource for research. This resource on our website has become the largest publicly available database on lightning injuries in the world, covering 40 of the 55 countries in Africa (as of December 2022).
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77 children and 2 adults were injured by lightning on 31 July 2024 as several schools joined Oweko Primary School for football games. Three weeks later, ACLENet sent a team to investigate, interview survivors and witnesses, and assess the impact on the survivors, their families and the communities involved. A summary of the investigation is published in ACLEnet's August newsletter, The Flash, which is available in Arabic, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish versions.
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Nominate the next Board Members to lead ACLENet into its second decade of serving and saving lives.
