Month: May 2023 Posts

Cyclone Freddy survivors plead for business support

May 23, 2023 Luke Bisani 0 &

Survivors of Cyclone Freddy in Phalombe district have pleaded for business support to help them sustain themselves. Speaking during the donation to the survivors by students of the Catholic University of Malawi, Councillor for Mpasa… ...

Bushiri distributes 1200 bags of maize to flood victims

May 13, 2023 Russell Kondowe 0 &

Leader of ECG Jesus Nation Church Prophet Shepherd Bushiri on Friday distributed 1200 bags of maize to Cyclone Freddy victims from eight camps which he adopted in Mulanje. In response to the effects of cyclone… ...

Amnesty calls for universal social protection as crises leave hundreds of millions facing disaster

May 10, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Amnesty International is today calling for social security to be made available to everyone worldwide, including people in Malawi, after a series of crises exposed huge gaps in state support and protection systems, leaving hundreds… ...

Help sought for child who lost legs due to Cyclone Freddy

May 09, 2023 Shorai Mopiwa 0 &

Help for prosthetic legs is being sought for six-year-old Promise Banda who lost his legs after being trapped under a fridge for three days following floods induced by Cyclone Freddy in Blantyre. Malawians Journalist Jack… ...

Wananchi Group provides K10m for Freddy recovery

May 07, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) has received MK10 Million from Wananchi Group Limited to assist recovery from the devastating Freddy Cyclone that hit some parts of Southern Region. The company owns SimbaNET, a licensed… ...

Anglican Church assists survivors of Cyclone Freddy with items worth K5 million

May 07, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Anglican Diocese of the Upper Shire (ADUS) has donated food and non-food items worth about K5 million to survivors of Tropical Cyclone Freddy at St Michaels Milola Anglican Church at Group Village Head Katungwe, Senior… ...

Future Vision Ministries donates relief items worth K6.5 million to cyclone survivors

Apr 29, 2023 Raphael Likaka 0 &

Future Vision Ministries lnternational has donated relief items worth K6.5 million to 231 households that survived recent Tropical Cyclone Freddy at Traditional Authority Ngwelero in Zomba. Future Vision Ministry handed over the relief items that… ...

World Bank commits K103 billion towards post Cyclone Freddy response

Apr 28, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

World Bank has committed to provide $100 million grant (approximately K103 billion) to Malawi Government to assist in the post Cyclone Freddy response. World Bank Managing Director of Operations, Anna Bjerde, made the commitment on… ...

65 Cyclone Freddy camps closed in Blantyre

Apr 24, 2023 Malawi News Agency (MANA) 0 &

Blantyre district has closed 65 Cyclone Freddy camps which kept internally displaced people (IDPs), in a decommissioning exercise currently underway. The camps were commissioned last month following the devastating impact of Cyclone Freddy which claimed… ...

Cyclone survivors at Bangwe Camp get mental health support

Apr 20, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Mhango Humanitarian organisation Lifeline Malawi has provided mental health support to Cyclone Freddy survivors at Bangwe Youth Centre camp in Blantyre to help them deal with mental issues. The organisation was on Monday at Bangwe… ...

Chakwera administration to spend K1 billion on new vehicles

Apr 18, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Lazarus Chakwera administration plans to spend K1 billion on new luxury vehicles for ministers and principal secretaries. A report published by The Nation indicates that the Government wants to buy two Toyota Landcruiser VXL… ...

Nigerian Community donates to Cyclone Freddy survivors

Apr 18, 2023 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

Nigerians who are doing different businesses in Malawi have donated food and non-food relief items worth K10 million to survivors of Cyclone Freddy in Phalombe district. The donation has benefitted over 200 households in traditional… ...

Water ministry warns of floods in lakeshore districts

Apr 17, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

The Ministry of Water and Sanitation through the Department of Water Resources has warned people in lakeshore districts in Malawi to brace for floods. A statement released on Monday 17th April, signed by secretary for… ...

Bushiri partners Mulanje council to construct Namulenga bridge

Apr 15, 2023 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has partnered with Mulanje District Council to construct Namulenga bridge which got completely washed away due to floods induced by Cyclone Freddy. The ECG Jesus Nation Church leader revealed about the partnership… ...

Govt asked to reconstruct bridges washed away by Cyclone Freddy in Blantyre

Apr 13, 2023 Mike Kalumbi 0 &

Member of Parliament for Blantyre Rural East Susan Ndalama has appealed to the Government through the Ministry of Transport to urgently reconstruct and rehabilitate some of the bridges in her constituency which were washed away… ...