Close to 2000 families have been displaced by the heavy first rains in Malawi with police reports monitored on radio indicating that at least five people have so far been killed in flooding waters. In Ntcheu, two people, aged 18 each drowned in Kasamba dam on Monday prompting police public relations officer in the district […]
Education officials in Nsanje are pleading with the Department of Disaster and Preparedness to use tents instead of using schools as evacuation centres as this negatively affects education. District Education Manager Hendrix Likeke asked the department to e fully prepared for floods by having enough tents in case the floods strike again. The call follows […]
Heavy rains accompanied by high speed wind have blown off house roofs in Blantyre and damaged some vehicles as the onset of first rains start on sad note. The most affected areas are Limbe where a falling tree damaged two vehicles and blew of some roof in Bangwe where a Catholic Church building had its […]
Malawi Red Cross Society (MRCS)has explained that it relief work has been successful as one of the humanitarian organisations that was actively involved in the work of responding to flood disasters emergency response in Zomba District. The organisation’s response focused in the villages of GVH Mbalu, Chilunga and Kimu in TA Mwamboin Zomba District, where […]
President Peter Mutharika has appealed for international support for rebuilding parts of Malawi that were devastated by floods in January that may cost more than $400 million. Mutharika, said Malawi — one of the poorest countries in the world — needed “critical thinking and re-direction” in the wake of the deadly floods that killed 176 […]
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Administrator, Hellen Clark, will visit Malawi for three days beginning on Monday to assess the aftermath of the floods which caused widespread destruction and displaced thousands of people. .According to a statement from UNDP Malawi Office on Sunday, Clark will meet President Peter Mutharika to discuss the UN’s support […]
Malawi Government Wednesday officially signed the US$ 80 million (about MK 36 billion) loan for the Malawi Floods Emergency Recovery Project following the floods and dry spell that have befallen the country this year. In his appreciative speech, Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Dr Goodall Gondwe described the project as critical and timely […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) MP for Lilongwe Mapuyu South, Joseph Njobvuyalema, has told parliament that he had information some well wishers who donated money towards the flood disaster were complaining that they do not know how their monies were spent. He asked Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development to explain how prudent the […]
Muslim Association of Malawi (MAM) has pleaded with government and the donor community to continue provide the basic necessities families affected by floods in the country until the next growing season. National Chairperson for MAM, Sheikh Muhammad Idrissa, made the appeal when he visited and cheered families devastated by floods at Nkhungubwe Evacuation Camp in […]
Concerned with the plight of their country men and women who were recently affected by devastating floods, Malawians living in the Washington DC area in the United States of America and their Southern African counterparts recently organized a fundraising cocktail night in aid of the flood victims. The event which took place at Avante Garde […]
JTI has launched a Disaster Response Plan targeting flood victims in tobacco growing communities with an initial assistance of K100 million. This year’s floods—described by local and international relief agencies as the worst in the country’s history—left hundreds of people dead or missing and destroyed homes and crops. Two months after the disaster, thousands of […]
In a bid to restore hope in the lives of people who were affected by floods in the Lower Shire district of Nsanje, Care Malawi says it is geared to provide the flood victims with over 2,000 shelters. This was disclosed in Lilongwe recently when CARE Malawi received a consignment of Shelter Kits with funding […]
Chibuku Products Limited (CPL), one of the country’s leading brewer of opaque beer and Mahewu super shake on Wednesday donated over 350 cartons of Mahewu super shake to Mangochi District to help people affected by floods in the district. Speaking when making the donation, the company’s Corporate Affairs Manager, Wise Chauluka said they made the donation after […]
It’s not always that one must be physically in a location to learn and talk, with near authority and strongly, about social illsand crimes committed by individuals and groups alike. Be they religious, public or private sector. The floods in Lower Shire have been devastating and fatalities have been registered. In one instance, an entire […]
In response to recent devastating floods that hit the Lower Shire and some areas, premier telecommunication service provider, TNM today announces the donation of relief food items worth K6.3 million to the floods and hailstorm victims in Phalombe, Chikwawa and Nsanje. Making the donation, TNM’s Head of Blantyre Region, David Nyirenda said as a responsible […]
Tanzanian on Wednesday donated 1,200 metric tons of maize and 66 tons of medicine to the government of Malawi to assist thousands of people who were affected by floods in the country. Speaking to Nyasa Times after presenting the donation at Songwe boarder in Karonga the northern part of Malawi, the Tanzanian High commissioner Patrick […]
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) on Tuesday rolled out a K1 billion relief programme aimed to alleviate numerous challenges floods victims are facing across the country. The programme will be implemented through its auxiliary department—Catholic Development Commission of Malawi (Cadecom). Malawi faced unprecedented flood disaster that hit the country a few weeks ago leaving 176 people […]
About five opposition parties in Malawi who contested the May 14 elections over the weekend came together in an effort to assist families in Blantyre townships that have been ravaged by the floods. The parties included Umodzi Party, Malawi Forum for Unity and Development (Mafunde), People’s Transformation Party (Petra), People’s Progress Movement and the United Independence Party […]