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People in the Traditional Authorities of Chiputula and Makhuwira are destitute following a heavy storm that hit their area. According to a report by Fr Samson Kayuni, who is the parish priest for Nkhate parish under whose jurisdiction these areas fall, the most affected villages are Dwanya in Chiputulas area and Mphali in Makhuwiras area.
According to this report, the damage caused by this catastrophe is of varying degrees. For example, in Mphali village, one person is reportedly to have lost their life, with many having sustained serious injuries due to the effect of the storm.
The report shows that Rabecca Mlonya, a girl who is a Standard 8 learner at Phimbi Primary School, got her leg fractured and was treated at Chikwawa District Hospital.
In Dwanya, on the other hand, a household is reported to be finding shelter in a chicken kraal. This only shows how desperate the situation and the plight of these people are.
The strong wind that hit the area is said to have been of great magnitude, such that big trees have been brought down and houses demolished.
In Mphali, elderly people who had just benefited from a recently completed programme of building their houses are homeless again after the storm. Another family in the same village can not believe that after making savings for five years to build a house, that house is now brought to the ground, the roof blown off, and they are living in a kitchen that has survived the damage.
These narratives only show a tip of the damage as narrated by Fr Kayuni, who reckons he failed to complete the assessment because of fatigue, since many households have been left without shelter.
Fr Kayuni has since made a call to well-wishers to help in alleviating the pain and loss of the people by coming in to help with basic materials for shelter, foodstuffs, and other amenities.
The Diocesan Social Services Directorate, through the Catholic Development Commission, from time to time provides interventions where the livelihood and dignity of persons are compromised.
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