Malawians living in South Africa have set up a task force to respond to the disaster that has hit the warm heart of Africa in a wave of natural disasters currently flooding the region. The acting Malawian High Commissioner Gloria Bamusi highlighted the capacity and objective fiber of the Malawian community living across the continent […]
Malawi football champions Nyasa Big Bullets Football Club players with financial support from their sponsors Nyasa Manufacturing Company (NMC) on Sunday donated assorted items to people who were affected by the recent floods at Bereu in the Lower Shire District of Chikwawa. During the visit, the players led by Nyasa boss Cornrad Buckle donated 6 […]
Music fans stormed Mibawa Hall in Blantyre on Friday to support the floods victims while enjoying music from Malawi’s reggae outfit Black Missionaries. The fundraising show was organized by journalists under Blantyre Press Club in collaboration with the Black Missionaries and Anthony Makondetsa. Blantyre Press Club President Blessings Kanache said through the shoe the club […]
Petroleum Importers Limited has donated K10 million to World Vision Malawi to assist people who have been affected by floods that hit the country in the southern part of the country. Speaking during the cheque handover ceremony, PIL General Manager, Dr. Enwell Kadango said the donation serves as a gesture and their commitment in responding […]
A charitable drive “Reach out and touch to flood victims” organised by by Abida Mia at Lotus Hotel in Blantyre on Saturday has yielded positive results as it has managed to gather goods worth over K15 million, Nyasa Times learnt. The pattern of destitution brought on by the flood waters from recent cyclonic rains has affected thousands of […]
The government of the People’s Republic of China has donated K36 million to Malawi to enable government respond to the needs of flood victims in the country. The Chinese Charge de Affairs in Malawi, Wang Xiusheng, presented the K36 million cheque through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Capital Hill in Malawi’s Capital Lilongwe last […]
President Peter Mutharika has promised Malawians that government would construct more dykes in flood prone areas to avoid reoccurrence of disasters. He was speaking on Saturday at Nyambadwe Primary School ground when he donated various items to people affected by disaster. Mutharika said the recent floods were as a result of climate change, hence the […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima, who is UTM presidential candidate, has been vindicated for criticising construction of a substandard dyke along the Shire Basin in Nsanje which failed to protect lives and property during the floods which killed 56. The UTM presidential candidate reprimanded RBL Engineers in February 2018 for constructing a substandard dyke at a […]
Just as the old adage says the United Republic of Tanzania has shown it is a friend in need is a friend indeed by donating 200 metric tons of maize and a truck load of medical supplies on Friday to the people that have been affected by natural disaster caused by heavy rains in the […]
Head of Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has expressed his grief and closeness to the victims of massive flooding in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, callling for “comfort and support” for victims of the disaster. “Great floods have sown grief and devastation in various regions of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi,” he said, addressing thousands of the faithful in […]
The United Kingdom’s (UK) Department for International Development (DfID) has announced that it is providing £3.4 million to provide immediate life-saving aid to victims of recent floods in Malawi. A statement issued Thursday by DfID states that it will provide emergency shelter, food, clean water and sanitation facilities, and health support. DFID support responding to this crisis […]
Severe floods in Malawi have affected about a million people and claimed 56 lives. This isn’t uncommon in the country. Between 1946 and 2013, floods accounted for 48% of major disasters, and their frequency and severity is increasing. They have occurred in 16 out of the country’s 28 districts, in both rural and urban areas. […]
Conglomerate Press Corporation plc members of staff yesterday (Wednesday) donated K1 million to flood victims through the Rotary Club of Limbe. Presenting the cheque in Blantyre, one of the staff members for PCL, Chikondi Liabunya said staff from the corporate office decided to help after a plea was made from Rotary Club of Limbe. “We […]
Malawi Red Cross Society has urged the country to invest more in building the capacity of local communities to be able to stand against effects of disasters when they occur. Coordinator for Red Cross in Phalombe district, Francis Liyati made the call when theyd istributed relief items to flood victims camping at Matawa Primary School […]
In response to devastated floods that have left many Malawians homeless, journalists under the umbrella body of Blantyre Press Club ( BPC) in collaboration with the Malawi’s reggae outfit Black Missionaries has organised a fundraising show on Friday with a target of realizing K3 Million to assist the victims. Speaking in an interview Both BPC […]
President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday March 20 2019 visited Molele in Thyolo district to comfort people affected by heavy rains and flooding. Mutharika met flood victims at Molele Primary School in Traditional Authority (T/A) Changata’s area in the district. Up to 91 077 people lost their houses and property in Thyolo district in the disaster […]
The Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) Church in Malawi on Tuesday donated assorted relief items to over 150 families that have been affected by flooding activities in the central region district of Dedza. The move follows a directive which ECG leader Prophet Shepherd Bushiri made on Sunday calling on national offices in the affected countries of […]
British government has announced that the Department for International Development (DFID) will allocate support to the flood response in Malawi, including by providing health support, as well as support immediate food needs. The aid which is up to £6 million will also support victims of deadly cyclone Idai in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, International Development Secretary […]