Month: December 2019 Posts

Four charged with stealing 50 bags of relief rice

Dec 11, 2019 Lameck Kamtoseni 0 &

Four people in Ntcheu have been charged with stealing 50 bags of rice belonging to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA). The Ntcheu magistrates court on Monday granted bail to the four on charges… ...

Chimulirenji visits people affected by stormy rains in Machinga

Nov 28, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Vice President Everton Herbert Chimulirenji today visited people and areas affected by stormy rains in Machinga. The district recently experienced stormy rains that affected a total of 1,432 households in three traditional authorities (T/As) of… ...

Floods displace 878 people in Nkhotakota

Apr 15, 2019 Richard Jimu 0 &

Over 878 people in Nkhotakota have been forced out of their homes following heavy rains which fell from from Wednesday to the wee hours of Saturday. According to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs, the… ...

Airtel Malawi donates K60 million to DODMA

Mar 16, 2019 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Airtel Malawi on Thursday donated K60 million to Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA) to assist people who have been affected by floods across the country. Speaking after symbolically presenting the donation, Airtel Malawi Legal… ...

Three die after two houses collapse

Jan 15, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A 53-year-old woman and two girls aged two and six died over the weekend in Mangochi and Balaka districts when walls of houses they were sleeping in collapsed following heavy rains . Patuma Welemu and… ...

DoDMA engages communities on disaster management

May 05, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

In an effort to incorporate emerging climate change and disaster risk management issues, the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) is consulting communities on the review of the National Disaster Risk Management Communication Strategy (NDRMCS).… ...

Karonga floods kill three

Apr 19, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

Three people have died following floods which hit Karonga last week. According to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs, the ongoing assessment following the floods indicate that three people have been killed and that 818… ...