Ombudsman Office Commits in Improving Menstrual Hygiene of Women, Girls in Camps
The
office of the Ombudsman has managed to source sanitary kits to aid women and
girls in flood camps.
A
recent human rights monitoring visit to various camps in Chikwawa and Nsanje
districts revealed that women and girls lack menstruation pads.
The
situation is forcing them to spend their day at the river in a quest to improve
their menstrual hygiene.
Thousands
of people are living in evacuation camps after being affected by floods...
Heavy Rains Affects 878 people in KK
Heavy rains have affected over
878 people in Nkhotakota district following the heavy downpour that
happened from Monday to the early hours off Saturday.
Principal Secretary and
Commissioner for Disaster Management Affairs, Wilson Moleni said
government, through his department, will not relent in providing relief
assistance to the affected.
Moleni said: “We heard about this tragedy and immediately dispatched some supplies which include maize, ...
BT journalists rescue flood victims with K3.5 million aid
By Gladys Nthenda
Blantyre Press Club (BPC) alleviated the suffering of flood victims with a donation of assorted relief items worth K3.5 million on Wednesday.
President of BPC Blessings
Kanache said they assisted the people with tablets of soap, bags of
flour, clothes and exercise books to over 1,500 people living in camps
at Nyapota, Chanturo and Sekeni in Chikwawa....
South Africa sends extra donations to cyclone-hit Mozambique, Malawi
South African security forces and health services on Tuesday sent
material relief to its neighbours hit by the devastating cyclone that
ravaged parts of southern Africa in March 2019.
The donations were specifically to Mozambique and Malawi with the
relief mission consisting of the army, police and department of health
flying to both countries with what was food and material relief.
It is the second tranche...
UNHCR Flies Relief Items to Help Floods Victims in Malawi
UNHCR,
the United Nations refugee agency has airlifted into Malawi relief items to
support 10,000 people who were affected by heavy rains in different parts of
the country.
The
relief items landed in the country on Saturday, March 30 by an Aircraft 87MT
cargo through Kamuzu International Airport (KIA). Minister of Homeland Security
Nicholas Dausi received the items.
UNHCR
Malawi Representative Monique Ekoko said that the plane brought items such
tents, plastic tarpaulins, mosquito...
