Members of Parliament (MPs) started their business of the Mid-Year Budget Review Meeting the People’s Party (PP) leader in Parliament Uladi Mussa condemned Peter Mutharika government for its late response to the disaster, especially in Salima where flooding took place earlier than districts in the Southern Region. He also pointed out that many affected households […]
Former Malawi First Lady Patricia Shanil Dzimbiri has appealed to authorities tasked to distribute relief items to flood victims to exercise impartiality to ensure that only deserving persons get the support. Dzimbiri who serves as Balaka West Parliamentarian said this on Sunday February 1, 2014 at a ceremony hosted by Victory Outreach Ministry (VOM) where […]
Flood victims who are camping at Nyachikadza camp in the area of traditional authority Ndamera in Nsanje district are bemoaning lack of privacy as men and women are sleeping in same tents, a situation they say is likely to put them at a risk of sexual harassment. Camp Manager Paul Khembo confirmed the development and […]
A local charity, the Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA-Malawi) says it has set aside about K240 million for relief aid distribution exercise that seeks to reduce the suffering of people who have been affected by the devastating floods that have hit over half of the country’s districts. Deputy Country Director for ADRA, Michael Usi, told […]
CARE Malawi on Saturday joined the bandwagon of well wishers helping the Malawi Government in providing relief items to flood victims in the lower shire district of Nsanje wealth. The distribution was funded through a donation from CARE International Emergency Relief Fund (ERF) wealth €40,000. During Saturdays visit to Nsanje, the organisation distributed household supplies […]
Malawi community in Switzerland has raised funds to ease the plight of people displaced by natural disasters in the country. Chairman of the Malawi Association in Switzerland, a renowned writer Stanley Onjezani Kenani told Nyasa Times that the association coordinated the collection of donations and are remitting it to the Malawi Red Cross. “Malawians in […]
Malawi’s top envoy to Japan who also doubles as the country’s envoy to South Korea but resident in Tokyo, Major General Reuben Ngwenya has disclosed that the government of South Korea has donated $ 150,000 (K71 Million) to help Malawi flood victims. This development comes barely days after the ambassador received different donations from the […]
Over 6,000 people directly affected by floods in the area of traditional authority Kaduya in Malawi’s southern district of Phalombe on Sunday received packs of relief items from a local charity Asian Muslims Relief Aid (Amra) as part of the organisation’s effort to alleviate the suffering of flood victims in most parts of the country. The […]
Kaning’a CCAP on Saturday handed over a donation wealth K2 million to floods victims currently being kept in transit camps of Makhanga, Bangula and other parts of the stricken districts of Chikwawa and Nsanje. President Peter Mutharika declared almost half of the country a disastrous area after heavy rains and thunderstorms swept their houses killing close to […]
Hundreds of journalists and other Blantyre city residents on Saturday, January 31, 2015 braved heavy rains to attend the fundraising braai organised by journalists under the banner ‘Media Action 4 Society’ to raise funds for flood victims in Blantyre city and rural areas. Top of the pile was a K1 million donation from Mota Engil […]
Priests at Nkhathe Catholic Parish in Chikwawa district have donated assorted items worth K1 million to flood victims in the district. The donations were made on Thursday in the areas of village headmen Kusakala, Chipakuza and Kavalo under Traditional Authority Makhuwira. The items included 50 metres of plastic paper for five people, plates, cups, maize, […]
The catholic congregation has pledged to donate to families affected by floods, all the money that will be collected on 8 February in all its dioceses across the country. This was brought to light on Saturday at St Don Bosco parish in Lilongwe where the church celebrated a thanks giving mass to God for a […]
President Peter Mutharika has appealed to newly elected President of Zambia Edgar Lungu to support Malawi in dealing with the aftermath of the devastating floods. Mutharika made the appeal to Lungu when the two leaders met Thursday on the sidelines of the African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which the two leaders attended […]
Floods and their aftermath have been the domineering subject during the past month. But what are we planning to do beyond the floods? President Peter Mutharika and his trusty deputy, Saulos Chilima, have done all they could to rise above the floods and galvanise the nation and the international community to come to the rescue […]
United Nations human rights experts are urging the international community to rapidly provide all necessary funding and assistance to the Government of Malawi and humanitarian actors in response to some of the worst flooding in the country in living memory. A statement issued from the United Nations Office in Geneva on Friday, the experts have […]
Malawi was recently devastated by the largest floods in living memory. Three weeks later people are still struggling to get on with their lives and preparing as best they can for a difficult future ahead, like the arrival of a new baby. Berita didn’t run when the floods hit. She didn’t run because there was nowhere […]
Malawi and China have signed a $24 million economic and technical cooperation agreement in the aftermath of the worst floods to hit the country since independence. Under the agreement, $16 million will be in the form of a grant while $8 million will be an interest free loan to handle the aftermath of the floods […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika has declared a National Day of Prayer and Worship following the torrential rains that culminated into floods, killing at least 200 people displacing over 200 000 and destroying property in 15 district. Minister of information and Civic Education Kondwani Nankhumwa in a statement released on Thursday that the Interdenominational Prayers will be held on Sunday, 8th February […]