Malawi Writers Union (MAWU) Visits the Cyclone Freddy Victims By Matilda Phiri Malawi Writers Union (MAWU) members on Saturday, 29 th April, 2023 visited two Cyclone Freddy victims’ camps Nanjiriri and Nanthoka in Machinjiri, Blantyre. The writers donated food and non-food items to victims. The items donated included assorted clothes, shoes and food items. The victims were so grateful to what the writers did as they are lacking a lot of things in their life. I’m glad to be part of the team that visited the victims and cheered them on. I managed to give a few books I authored to school children and they were so excited with the books. The Vice president of MAWU Mr Davie Chingwalu presenting clothes to the victims Every day, every morning, they have to go to look for manual work in people’s houses to have food for that day; no work no food. As we visited the camps, most adults were not there; they had already gone to look for piece works. They said they are lacking food, charcoal

The 2023 Malawi Cyclone Freddy By Matilda Phiri The March 2023, Tropical Cyclone Freddy hit the southern region of Malawi hard unleashing a tragedy to Malawians, with 507 people dead, 537 people missing and over 500,000 displaced in the 12 affected district. Roads, property, food and several belongings being lost. This terrible memory will live with us for the rest of our lives.   Being a poor country, this is sad news as we don't know where to start from, how we are going to recover and where we are going to start from? We need to understand that this is not a ones man’s job, we need to work hand in hand to revive our country. We are sending out a call of help to our development partners.   The head of state together with his vice president were deeply touched with the sad development, they both continue to help the victims and play a huge role in seeking help for the victims. The vice president is also highlighting the need for people to relocate to areas which are not