CycloneFreddyinMalawi2023

[Fardeen Sidik @FardeenSidik]

Zimatha Lodge flooded in Mangochi, Malawi

[Horace Nyaka @horacenyaka]

Manchester United Malawi fans today donated relief items worth K4million to 2 Cyclone Freddy camps run by Malawi Red Cross in Zomba. 103 families have received the support. @MalawiRedCross @ifrc @DisasterDept

[Malawi UK Military Community (MUMCo) @MUMCo_UK]

This week @MUMCo_UK has donated a bunch of clothes and other items to people displaced by @malawicyclone in Nchalo. This is an ongoing endeavour until the recovery process is complete. Well done all.

[FOCESE - Young Women Led Youth Org. in Malawi @FOCESE_Malawi]

500 dignity kits distrubted in 3 camps: Chiphwembwe, Mnembe and Nyambesa in Nsanje District to adolescent girls, lactating and pregnant with support from @UNFPAMalawi.
This is to help girls and women manage their hygiene with dignity while they stay in the camps
@UNMalawi

[MBC Digital @MBC_Digital247]

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Malawi says it is in support of the Disaster Risk Management Bill which is expected to be tabled in Parliament this week.
https://t.co/6UZBeI0Jha

[UNFPA in Malawi @UNFPAMalawi]

During a crisis, women and girls lack access to vital services, especially life-saving #SRHR, which increases their risk to #GBV. UNFPA thru @GlobalSpotlight @EUinMalawi has set up safe spaces in 3 dist. hit by @malawicyclone to provide social networks and psychological support

[H.E. Dr. Joyce Banda @DrJoyceBanda]

Nsanje has over 41,000 households whose houses were completely destroyed by cyclone Freddy & are living in camps. The district has always been prone to flooding but this time elders told me it was catastrophic. I spent easter Monday visiting & cheering them @ Nyamadzere school.

[Malawi Red Cross Society @MalawiRedCross]

Nalikule college of Education has trusted @MalawiRedCross to forward its donation to survivors of Cyclone Freddy. Chairperson of the donations mobilisation taskforce Angella Matiya presented the items to MRCS Director of Finance Chifundo Kalulu, who appreciated the gesture

[Malawi24 @Malawi24]

WFP Malawi, Pula Advisors welcome US govt $7billion Climate Action funding https://t.co/GUCZ2pr9TF

[Times 360 Malawi @Times360Malawi]

Lake Chilwa has claimed back its territorial boundaries following Cyclone Freddy, in the area of Traditional Authority Nkumbila in Zomba.

#Times360News #CycloneFreddy #Effects

[Oxfam in Malawi @OxfamMalawi]

“I have received 50,000 Kwacha, a blanket, soap, bucket & wrapper. The money is not enough to buy all the things I need bcoz lost everything including my house. But it will help me start rebuilding my house & buy some food,” said Ester Kathumba, Phalombe, Malawi

#BeHumanKind

[Zodiak Online @zodiakonline]

A latest assessment conducted at Nyenje camp in Machinga shows that 20 #CycloneFreddy survivors at the camp have scabies, a figure that has risen from five last week.

[Malawi News Agency @MwNewsAgency]

Chadza residents donate 47 bags of beans to DoDMA

Residents of Chadza Village in Nathenje have donated 47 bags of beans to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) to aid the survivors of Cyclone Freddy.
#ManaNews
Read full story here https://t.co/V0tQq4n9n7

[MBC Digital @MBC_Digital247]

Stakeholders in disaster management have called for robust coordination of activities in disaster response to avoid duplication of roles.
https://t.co/Hxmle4d0Qz

[Malawi News Agency @MwNewsAgency]

Former First Lady Madame Gertrude Mutharika has urged women in Mangochi District to be prayerful and take a leading role in assisting victims of Tropical Cyclone Freddy who are being sheltered in various camps.
#ManaNews
Read full story here
https://t.co/lnDki5t6Cu

[UNFPA East and Southern Africa @UNFPA_ESARO]

Humanity is running out of time to secure a “liveable future” in the face of escalating heatwaves,
droughts & floods. 

New @UNFPA report explores how #climatechange disproportionately harms women & other marginalized communities.

Read https://t.co/0Z6lVza7ab.

#ClimateAction

[Dr Michael Charles @DekunleCharles]

My experience confirms that nobody knows the community better than the people who live there.

Community engagement is the most crucial step in any response plan/decision-making.

It enables one to understand the community context and needs and to ensure more effective operations

[Zodiak Online @zodiakonline]

President Lazarus Chakwera has presented 20 bales of blankets and K120 million to the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) towards the #CycloneFreddy survivors.

[Malawi News Agency @MwNewsAgency]

Civil Service Club donates towards cyclone survivors

Civil Service Club on Sunday, donated different clothing items to Naotcha primary school in Blantyre where survivors of cyclone Freddy in Blantyre are camping.
#ManaNews
Read full story here https://t.co/UaD1l93wSD