Reports

Blantyre, Malawi - At least four people were reported drowned while three others were missing following flash floods that have covered a huge area in the Lower Shire River Valley of southern Malawi. The Commissioner for Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Rehabilitation,…

EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 33 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs Widespread flooding in the southeast African nation of Malawi -- ranked among the poorest countries in the world -- has caused extensive damage to roads, bridges, houses as…

Co-ordinating Office Action by Churches Together (ACT) is a worldwide network of Churches and their related agencies meeting human need through co-ordinated emergency response and common identity. The ACT network is organizationally based in the Lutheran World…

Appeal Target : US$ 80,671 Dear Friends, Malawi, a small landlocked country in the Southern African region, is ranked among the bottom ten countries worldwide in terms of per capita income. Karonga district in the north of Malawi is…

United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs Malawi - Floods DHA Situation Report No. 5 10 April 1997 COMPLETED INTER-AGENCY VERIFICATION OF NUMBERS OF FAMILIES IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE 1. As a complement to governmental registration of people affected by the floods, a verification…

(extract) The Oxfam Emergencies Bulletin aims to give an overview of Oxfam's current emergency work world-wide, for use in communications work. It appears monthly. For further information, contact Maurice Herson in the Emergencies Department. [ Telephone 01865 312540; e-mail mherson@oxfam.org.uk ] Oxfam sent…

(Excerpt:) This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Sahel - Chad, Mauritania and Niger D) Mozambique and Malawi floods. From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at WFP Home Page http://www.wfp.org/ or by e-mail from…

INTERNATIONAL APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0075 DHA-UNDAC TEAM IN THE FIELD 1. DHA's UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team completed a field assessment in the floods- affected Chikwawa and Nsanje Districts in the Lower Shire Valley, focusing particularly…

Funds Sent To: Churches Action in Relief and Development (CARD) Malawi Amount Sent USD: 10,000.00 Date Sent: 25 February 1997 Rapid Response Fund Balance is now - USD:$ 85,875 Details of Payment Emergency Project: Initial flood relief activities. An appeal will be…

Malawi In Malawi, relief efforts continue for the victims of the widespread flooding in the two southern Districts of Nsanje and Chikwawa, which forced over 100,000 persons to abandon their homes. According to reports from the affected areas, 53,000 Mozambicans seeking…