The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA) donated assorted relief items to 300 households affected by heavy rain storm in the area of Traditional Authority Mwakaboko in Karonga district on Tuesday.
Speaking after the donation, Fyawupi Mwafongo, DODMA Deputy Director for Disaster Response said the department was mandated to implement disaster risk management programmes for disaster response to relieve survivors of different forms of disasters.
“Let me ask the people across the nation to keep on listening and being aware of early weather warning messages disseminated in collaboration with the Department of Climate Change and Metrological Services”, said Mwafongo
Group Village Headman Mwandenga congratulated DODMA for the relieve items offered to her people and described it as timely since it has come when the survivors of the floods needed it.
“I would like to thank the Department of Disaster for helping the survivors of the disaster here in Mwakaboko community because their support has come when the people needed it most and I ask them to help other people who has met the same fate anywhere in the country”, Mwandenga said
According to Leonard Nyondo, beneficiary survivor said DODMA has shown a good example by helping them in time of need and asked well-wishers to copy the organisations gesture.
“On behalf of my fellow survivors of the disaster, I would like to thank the organization for the good example they have shown to us today because it was not easy for us but at least now we can smile, we have a relief at our hand”, explained Nyondo.
DODMA has distributed 50kg of maize to each household, cups, plastic sheets, plastic pails and tablets of soap.