National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahai’s in Malawi on Thursday handed over relief items wealth K4.5 million towards flood victims. Handing over the donation to the department of disaster management, Chairperson of the Bahai Assembly, Richard Chatambalala said the community felt concerned with the magnitude of the devastation. Chatambalala said the Bahai community is grateful to those […]
The Malawi Community in Ethiopia (MCE) has donated cash in the amount of US$ 3,900.00 aApproximately MK1.9Million) towards victims of the floods that recently devastated most parts of the country and caused loss of life and property. The presentation of the cash donation was made at a ceremony held at the Malawi Embassy in Addis […]
There is high condom use in many flood victims’ camps in Chikwawa, and people there are appealing for more of this protective gear. Such camps include Sekeni 2, Jombo, Tizola, Chikuse, Malemia and Chabuka. Although the demand suggests an increase in sexual activities, Senior Health Surveillance Assistant (HAS) at Nchalo Sydney Labeka told Mana on […]
Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) on Tuesday, 17 February 2015, gave maize flour weighing 30 metric tonnes to flood victims in Zomba through the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA). The maize flour was intercepted and impounded as it was illegally being exported out of the country through Chiponde. It is illegal to export maize and […]
Parents from various floods affected districts are pushing the ministry of education to consider shifting the national examinations calendar for secondary and primary schools. Students in Malawi schools are expected to start sitting for national examinations in four months’ time a development which both parents and learners say it’s too near as most of the […]
Young Achievers for Development (YAD) in partnership with Palliative Care Support Trust extended their charity arm to more floods victims in Mbayani, Blantyre where they distributed various relief items worth over K4.7 million. Last week, YAD donated relief items worth over K2 million to four camps-namely Chimwankhunda and Makata Primary Schools, Nacholi and Makheta where […]
Married people who are camping at Mchenga Camp in Malawi’s southern district of Chikwawa are protesting the decision by chiefs whose villages are camping there to ban any sexual engagement between married people within the camp’s premises. The concerns mostly from married men say the ban has put them at the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS because […]
As distribution exercise for the relief aid for Malawians affected by floods gets underway, an estimated 2,000 families in southern district of Phalombe received assistance from a local charity Asian Muslims Relief Aid (AMRA) on Sunday. One of volunteers for the organization, Ahmed Bakali said this part of about K300million which the organization has so […]
Lilongwe Areas including 24, 25, 49, Senti, Mgona, and Area 18 were last Valentines night shook by heavy rains that started around 11pm. Some left the comfort of their houses to seek shelter in outside kitchen. Others kept awake throughout, wondering what would happen next. Residents kept communication through cellphone calls and social media, especially […]
Britain has increased its funding to Malawi response t o provide more food, blankets and essential supplies for the thousands of people who have lost their homes due to the floods in Malawi. UK’s International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced on Thursday that the increase of the support will include food for 370,000 people and […]
Malawi has been promised $50 million assistance by the World Bank to rehabilitate roads following last month’s devastating floods. Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe told reporters the money will be used in rebuilding damaged roads, bridges, schools and houses that were washed away by the floods. “I am pleased to inform Malawians that the bank is […]
Malawi government will need a whooping MK 3 Billion to bring back to about 400 schools affected by heavy storm that characterized the floods in the country, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has said. A report released by Secretary and Commissioner for Disaster Management Affairs show that more than 350 schools are directly […]
Malawi Association UK (MAUK) an umbrella body for all Diaspora Malawians and friends of Malawi in the UK have raised over £7,000. 00, approximately MK5 million in hard cash, for floods victims in Malawi for relief and recovery through a fundraiser event and online donations. MAUK in association with Malawi High Commission in London and […]
Students at Polytechnic a constituent college of the University of Malawi on Thursday abandoned classes for Mulanje district in southern Malawi where they distributed relief items worth about K2millon to people of Ntata Village who are affected by floods. President of Polytechnic Students Union (PSU) Jaston Bulaula told Nyasa Times that the students thought it […]
The global headlines over the past few weeks have been filled with tales of the disastrous floods that have been sweeping the country. Lives have been lost, homes and crops have been destroyed, and vast swathes of landlie underwater.It would be ignorant to pass off these terrible losses as a result ofthe heavy downfalls from […]
The newly established Prophets Unity of Malawi on Tuesday donated clothes and money amounting to K1.2 million to flooding victims in Nchalo, Chikwawa district. The grouping of over 15 prophets made their donations to Sammy’s II Camp which has 2,186 people affected the devastating floods that hit the country in the past two months. One […]
Plan Malawi on Thursday joined government in providing relief assistance to people affected by floods at Hiwa Village in Mulanje district. The organisation distributed, among others, household supplies and hygiene kits to 2000 households. The items distributed included mattresses, blankets, buckets, corn soya blend, polythene black sheets,dump proof course and emergency latrines. Plan Malawi Humanitarian Response Coordinator […]
Malawi government should give the country a breakdown on how disaster response money have been spent, leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera has demanded. Chakwera said in parliament that before making further adjustments and allocations to disaster funds, government should be transparent and accountable to what has been spent already. “It’s not enough just to say […]