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Life was the only valuable Mary Mpemba had to salvage when Cyclone Freddy induced floods hit her home in March 2023.

“It was a disaster. It happened at night. We were caught unawares. Priority was to save my family. Nothing more,” she says.

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Save the Children Welcomes £200,000 Scottish Government Funding Towards Cyclone Freddy Response in Malawi

Parliament, on 12^th April 2023, passed the long-awaited Disaster Risk Management Bill which replaces the Disaster Relief Preparedness Act of 1991. The Bill, which would have taken even much longer if it were not for the devastating impact of cyclone Freddy, provides some ray of hope in terms of systematic response to disasters. Some key provisions include:

After a devastating Cyclone Freddy which caused a lot of loss and damage in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar, and others, Civil Society from across hosted a Regional Conference on loss and damage which aimed at consolidating a common understanding of the extent of loss and damages, and strengthening the African Civil Society position on climate finance, especially for Loss and Damage