About 200 volunteers in Toronto, Canada on Saturday helped to put together emergency kits for people affected by Cyclone Idai in southern Africa.<br /><br />GlobalMedic, a Canadian registered charity and a disaster response agency organized the local relief effort at its headquarters in Etobicoke, according to CBC.<br /><br />The volunteers assembled about 2,200 kits for people in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, CBC reported.<br /><br />The official death toll from Cyclone Idai, which tore through southern Africa more than a week ago, rose sharply on Saturday.<br /><br />The number of people declared dead in Mozambique rose from 242 to 417, officials said.
