Cyclone Freddy spared no mercy as it unleashed its wrath upon Southern Malawi.
Cyclone Freddy is both the longest-lasting and highest-ACE-producing tropical cyclone ever recorded worldwide. It struck Southern Malawi March 12, 2023, triggering 6 months’ worth of rainfall in 6 days, causing floods and mudslides that killed more than 1,216 people, 537 missing, 1332 injured and 659,000 people have been displaced. More than 2 million farmers lost their crops as 440,000 acres of land were destroyed or washed away, and 1.4 million livestock were drowned, starved, or lost. After the Storm, Malawi’s Farmers Face a Precarious Future.
Southern Malawi now faces an extreme crisis. Families are in dire need of shelter, clean water, food, and medical supplies. The road to recovery is long and arduous, but we at Nurture Our World, have an impactful way we can make a difference, but we need your help.
Nurture Our World has been blessed with a powerful way to make a HUGE difference!
Nurture Our World assisted the President of N.O.W. in Malawi, Joseph Chipokosa, in purchasing 6 acres of land, seed, and fertilizer to plant maize. We purchased Joseph’s last crop in July 2023 of 150, 110-pound bags of maize and shipped it down to Southern Malawi where it was gratefully received!
