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Malawi Writers Union (MAWU) Visits the Cyclone Freddy Victims

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  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