Having successfully held a forum on Climate Disaster Risk Financing (CDRFI) and Insurance in Blantyre from 29th to 31st October, delegates drawn from 24 African countries visited Mulanje District where they interacted with communities and appreciated progress on the implementation of climate smart public works programme, construction of an emergency operation centre and the implementation of the 2024 Lean Season Food Insecurity Response Programme (LS-FIRP).

Under this year’s LS-FIRP, Mulanje is one of the districts benefiting from the African Development Bank’s African Risk Capacity Insurance programme following a drought experience which triggered an insurance payment of US$11.2 million.

The forum aimed at exploring ways to strengthen Africa’s resilience to climate-related disasters through innovative risk financing and insurance mechanisms.

Department of Disaster Management Affairs’ Public Relations Section captured some highlights of the delegates’ visit.

…Boma La India Lapereka Matumba 22,000 a Mpunga; Othandizira Okhudzidwa ndi Njala

Boma la India lapereka ma tani 1,100 (omwe ndi matumba 22,000 olemera makilogilamu 50 lililonse) a mpunga ku Boma la Malawi kuti athandizire pa ntchito yofikira anthu omwe ali pachiopsezo cha njala.

Poyankhula Lachitatu ku Kanengo mu Mzinda wa Lilongwe pa mwambo wopereka mpungawu, Kazembe wa Boma la India ku Malawi Shri S. Gopalakrishnan anati ubale wa maiko a India ndi Malawi si wa lero kotero saakanangoyang’ana kumbali pomwe mzika zake zikufunika thandizo.

“Ubale wa anthu a maiko awiriwa unayamba zaka 140 zapitazo pomwe ubale wa ukazembe unayamba mu 1964. Nde titamva kuti mtsogoleri wa dziko lino [ Dr Lazarus Chakwera ] walengeza kuti dziko lino ndi malo a ngozi ndipo likufunika thandizo, tinachiwona chanzeru kuti tithandize achimwene ndi achemwali athu omwe akukhudzidwa ndi vuto la njala,” anatero a Gopalakrishnan.

Mmau ake, Mlembi Wamkulu ku Nthambi Yoona za Ngozi Zogwa Mwadzidzidzi M’busa Charles Kalemba anathokoza boma la India mmalo mwa Boma la Malawi chifukwa cha thandizoli.

“Mpunga wonse wafika ndipo tayamba kale kugawa kwa anthu okhudzidwa. Tayambanso kugawa chimanga ndi thandizo lina m’maboma omwe akuyenera kulandira thandizo kwa miyezi isanu [5], inayi [4] komanso itatu pansi pa ndondomeko ya 2024/25 lean season response," anatero a Kalemba.