Pupils at Mwalawathonga Primary School in Traditional Authority Mazengera, Lilongwe, today joined community leaders and development partners in a reforestation drive aimed at restoring degraded land and shielding vulnerable communities from worsening climate shocks.
Lilongwe City Council has blamed poor and unplanned drainage systems for worsening flooding in the capital after heavy overnight rains triggered flash floods that destroyed homes and property in Chinsapo, under Traditional Authorities Malili and M’bwatalika.
The Rotary Club of Lilongwe has reaffirmed its commitment to environmental restoration by planting 200 Mbawa trees along the Saulos Chilima Highway and Youth Drive Road in Lilongwe.
A non-governmental organisation that, among others, supports vulnerable women and children, Family Wellbeing Foundation has called on both individuals and institutions to show humanity by supporting the less privileged in society, especially during this festive period.
After working in the country for many years, Mothers2Mothers organization has announced its exit in the country by 31 this month, citing shifts in global aid priorities and funding uncertainties as the main reasons.
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