The Floods in Malawi

The story floods in Malawi has shaken the economy of the country and put the nation at silent.

It is like that because the economy of Malawi relies on Agriculture, so due to this type of floods people will have no food and money just because people in Malawi get money after selling their produce.

SOME OF THE AREAS AFFECTED

Education:  Most of the schools are closed due to the floods; some of the teachers have also lost their lives. Some school children also lost their lives.

In addition to that some schools have closed because the government wanted to accommodate the floods victims.

Health:

In part of Health Most of the health centres particularly in  the affected ares are also closed which makes some health centres to be conjested because of people from the affected ares.

Roads:

Some roads are blocked due to floods which also makes it difficult for the help to reach out to people in the affected areas.

Development:

All the development projects which were planned are now stopped with the floods, it is like that because the government is using a lot of money to assist the flood victims.

so we have lots of areas affected by the floods but I have just mentioned a few

Districts Affected By Floods.

almost all district affected by floods in Malawi,but there are major districts affected very seriously mainly Nsanje, Chikwawa, Zomba,part of Blantyre, Lilongwe, Salima, Phalombe.  

But out of these 7 districts, Nsanje is taken to be the first district being affected with floods just because the water coming from all the affected districts are ending in Nsanje District.

at the mean time 85 thousand people are displaced by floods.

NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DIED

At the moment, 185 people died in Nsanje district alone, 35 people were from Nyachikadza and Ndamera, and 150 were from Nsanje North.

NUMBER OF FLOOD VICTIMS FROM NYACHIKADZA

About 45,000 people were displaced in Nyachikadza and it is about 900 affected with floods. 

REQUEST

ü Pray for the victims, some of them are Baptist member mainly from Bangula. The church has been taken away by water, and members houses are also gone with their properties.

ü Other church affected is Marka, their houses and properties are as well gone.

We thank God that among our members affected, we haven’t lost any life.  

But pray for the other families as well which have lost their beloved due to the floods.

Your brother in Christ

Julius Damson

Two children that are being rescued from the floods, after they had lost all parents and some relatives.

These are the tents which the victims are now being kept at Marka (Nyachikadza)