Project Launch: 4-25-23

Led by a Mandela Washington Fellowship alumni Dalitso Chiwayula, Chipembere Community Development Organization (CCDO) from  Thyolo district will use a $3,000 grant to relocate the survivors of cyclone freddy from Ligowe camp. The project will procure construction materials such as nails,and building poles for the 50 survivors whose houses have collapsed due to the cyclone. The project will also purchase home items like blankets, maize flour and brackets to the survivors to rebuild their homes.  To help in the relocation, 30 women survivors will also be provided with business capital to venture into various small businesses and support their families. 

Final Report: 9-5-23

Chipembere Community Development Organization (CCDO) in Thyolo district  has successfully used  $3,000.00 funding from World Connect to relocate the 50 victims of Cyclone freddy from the camp  into their homes. 45 females and 5 males people of which 80% of the women are single mothers with extended families have directly benefited by receiving assorted items including plastic papers, seedlings, food stuffs, blankets, buckets and business restart-up capital to gain economic independence indirectly impacting 356 people from these households.  Out of 50 houses targeted, 28 houses have been reconstructed, 25 households have received business capital  most of them used the money for farming to generate food and   others especially  single mothers and 3 are young men who are running small scale businesses at Bvumbwe market.

Lita Shem (f), one of the people relocated has this to say, “This project came at the right time because I had no resources to enable me resume living a normal life. We had no hope after the falling of our houses that we could start operating normally as we were before the disaster. I am thankful for project support that  has not only benefited me but also my dependents as well in our resettlement. Living in a camp was so challenging and  now that I have resettled in our reconstructed homes, it is a joyful thing to me and my family but also the entire Dzungu community. Thank you CCDO, World Connect and the Friends of Malawi for caring"