President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has disclosed that the Tropical Cyclone Freddy sunk more workers into unemployment and poverty, increased their food insecurity and malnutrition.
Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) Zambia Chapter on Friday donated various seeds and other supplies to women farmers whose crops were damaged by Tropical Cyclone Freddy in Blantyre, Chiradzulu and Phalombe.
The National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST) has disclosed that it will provide grants to researchers and innovators to enable them actively participate in national interventions to solve human crises emanating from Tropical Cyclone Freddy.
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Madalitso Kazombo has distributed assorted relief food items to flood survivors in Traditional Authority (T/A) Makanjira in Mangochi.
A report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS-NET) has established that Tropical Cyclone Freddy has worsened Malawi's food security situation, leaving the poorest households the most affected.
The African Union (AU) – a 55-member states organization that represents all the countries on the African continent – has pledged to assist in rebuilding Malawi by lobbying member states to get involved in the recovery and reconstruction efforts.
League of Transformation Foundation (LOT) on Sunday afternoon donated food items to survivors of the Tropical Cyclone Freddy in Bangwe, Blantyre, with a call to the residents to protect the environment.
The United Nations in Malawi (UN) has appealed for more support towards survivors of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, observing that tens of thousands of people are still without adequate shelter and other requirements to survive.
Christian Family Movement (CFM) – a lay Catholic organization – has urged survivors of the Tropical Cyclone Freddy to take an active role in restoring the environment as one way of averting natural calamities in the future.
Former presidents Joyce Banda and Bakili Muluzi have said there is need for joint efforts if Malawi is to recover from the effects of Tropical Cyclone Freddy which has left hundreds dead and thousands destitute.
Members of Parliament on Wednesday passed the much-awaited Disaster Risk Management Bill, which seeks to to repeal the Disaster Preparedness and Relief Act (Cap. 33:05).
Local business captains have singled out Tropical Cyclone Freddy (TCF) as the biggest setback that affected business activities to thrive in the first quarter of 2023.
