An outbreak of scabies and other related skin diseases have attacked some camps in Chikhwawa District where thousands of people displaced by floods are accommodated, a health official in the district told local media Saturday. The official, Thomson Kajombo, said close to 140 people, most of them children, in five camps were attacked by the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and leader of opposition in parliament, Lazarous Chakwera toured the devastated villages of flood-ravaged Chikwawa district in the southern region on Sunday. Chakwera, accompanied by MCP officials, toured several places and rescue camps including Thabwa in the area of Traditional Authority Mlilima and the Sekani villages around Nchalo. All these […]
International donors, who provide 40 percent of Malawi’s budget, have said they will not be able to resume aid support to the impoverished country and they are channelling humanitarian aid to flood victims through aid agencies. Malawi lost up to 40 percent of the budget support it was receiving from foreign donors after the European Union, the World Bank and the […]
A friend in need is a friend indeed, so goes the old adage. This was proved true on Saturday and Sunday in Phalombe district when members of Asian Muslim Relief Aid (Amra) donated assorted items to thousands of people displaced with devastating floods that hit most parts of the district. The bsinesspersons of Asian descent mobilised K […]
The First Lady Madam Gertrude Mutharika has hailed individuals, companies and organisations who have heeded President Peter Mutharika’s call for relief assistance following floods that have hit up to a third of the country. Madam Mutharika said however that more assistance is required as the impact of the disaster is so huge. She spoke on […]
“Preparedness is not only individual, but also structural, making the buildings strong enough to resist strong ground shaking” –Renato Solidum President Peter Mutharika, during his tour to areas devastated by this rainy season’s unprecedented rainstorms and floods, has said more than once that he does not know why the floods have been this vicious. Well, […]
Former president Joyce Banda through her Joyce Banda Foundation International joined hands with Jack Brewer Foundation in New York, United States to mobile support for victims of deadly floods in Malawi. The event for the Malawi Flood Appeal was met with success after people flocked to donate items and relief material to help flood survivors. […]
Malawi will experience more power outages due to low energy supplies and maintenance work being carried out at Nkula power plantation A and B located on Shire River which has been affected after torrential rains knocked down 10 pylons, sole electricity provider Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) has said. Since the onset of the […]
The Scottish Government has announced £150,000 to support the current humanitarian crisis caused by severe flooding in Malawi. The Minister for Europe and International Development Humza Yousaf on Friday met with the Scotland Malawi Partnership and pledged £30,000 for the organisation to support its members to deliver local aid to communities in Malawi. An additional […]
The First Lady Madam Gertrude Mutharika on Friday commended Plan International for their support in assisting floods victims in the country. Mutharika speaking at the launch of the disaster management by Plan Malawi at Thuruwe primary school ground, in Mulanje thanked the organisation for their support to over 3600 households in Mulanje district alone which will be […]
Lethal floods in Malawi which have killed at least 176 people have caused extensive damage to tobacco, the country’s leading hard currency earner, a senior official said on Friday. According to the World Bank, tobacco accounts for around 60 percent of Malawi’s exports, and the floods come as the impoverished southern African country struggles to […]
Malawi government has denied that it was caught off-guard by the floods as the agro-based economy, which had recently started showing some signs of stability, is now in reverse gear. Paul Chiunguzeni, the head of Malawi’s department of disaster and relief, rejected accusations that the country was ill-prepared, saying that it “had mixed success with […]
The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) today, January 21, 2015, presented a cheque worth K2 million to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (Dodma) in response to the recent floods that hit the country. The donation was made at the Government premises in Blantyre, through the District Commissioner’s (DC) office. According to government, at least 200 […]
Pope Francis has assured of his prayers for victims of floods in Malawi as at least 200 people are reported killed and tens of thousands evacuated in what has been branded the worst flooding on record in the southern African nation. The head of the Roman Catholic Church said expressed his closeness to those who […]
President Peter Mutharika on Thursday visited district to inspect damage caused by flooding over the past week as rescue and relief efforts continue in the surrounding villages. The road to the district is lined with barely-standing houses and dry river banks that have been significantly eroded by the floods. Mutharika, who last week declared a […]
Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima has said despite challenges that had been there like bad weather, Government has managed to successfully carry out rescue operations in all areas that have been hit by floods triggered by heavy and unprecedented down pour in the country. According to Chilima, there are currently no areas that have people […]
In response to the government call for a concerted effort in lessening the suffering of flood victims in the country the Rugby Football Union of Malawi (RFUM) and Super-league teams Big Bullets and Red Lions have come out with separate initiatives. The RFUM have made a donation of clothes to flood victims through the Baptist […]
Leading mobile telecommunications operator Airtel Malawi has announced the launch of a short code that will enable all well-wishers contribute towards the betterment of the welfare of flood victims. The code 140 is part and parcel of the campaign dubbed #NdifeAmodzi. This is strictly an SMS code and all well-meaning citizens are called on to send a blank SMS or […]