The Ministry of Homeland Security says provision of search and rescue skills to rural communities can assist the country to save lives and property during disasters.

A senior education official in Mulanje has challenged children that were affected by the Tropical Cyclone Freddy and dropped out of school to go back to school as life has to go back to normal after the disaster.

The Churches Action in Relief and Development (CARD) on Wednesday launched a K253.5 million cash transfer exercise under the Cyclone Freddy Response and Recovery Project in Traditional Authority Juma in Mulanje district.

The Malawi Washington Foundation (MWF), a Non-Profit Organisation founded by Malawians living in Washington DC, United States of America has donated dignity kits worth K1 Million to 100 young girls in Blantyre as one way of empowering them as they return to school.

The Maseko Ngoni Mulanje Chapter on Thursday cheered survivors of the Tropical Cyclone Freddy that are seeking shelter at Nanchidwa camp in Mulanje district.

Mary Mpemba is a mother of six children. She hails from Chidothi village in the area of Traditional Authority Mulumbe in Zomba. 

A charitable organization Operation Smile Malawi says it has reached 38 people who were affected by Tropical cyclone Freddy with food and iron sheets to help them recover from the shocks.

Chiradzulu district council has disclosed that it is facing some resistance to relocate some cyclone Freddy survivors from Mtauchira Village which was almost buried by the mudslides early this year.