Humanitarian

As winds and floods that ensued in the midst of Cyclone Freddy ravaged through Malawi’s southern parts, it led to the swelling of the country’s waterways and reservoirs.

It is Tuesday evening and Esnat has just finished having her dinner together with her parents and siblings.

The normal night darkness has been abnormalized by the dark cloud that had impregnated the sky over Chikuse village in the lower-shire district of Chikwawa.

“We were sleeping in our house when we were woken up by a thundering noise from the mountain,” explains 13-year-old Jane*, a Primary School Grade 8 learner in the south west district of Mulanje in Malawi’.

Save the Children on Sunday, 19^th March, provided relief assistance to two children who had earlier on told the organisation they had lost various items including learning materials and clothes to Tropical Cyclone Freddy.

14-year-old Chrissy* from Blantyre feels lucky to be alive but she is afraid of the uncertainty of life following the disaster that struck her home.

Her parents’ house has been damaged by Cyclone Freddy induced floods which hit her area on Sunday.