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Having been established in 1966, the Malawi News Agency (MANA) is the news gathering and dissemination organ of the Malawi Government under the Ministry of Information. MANA, as an institution, collects, packages and disseminates information in the form of news and photographs through print and electronic media. Being the biggest news network in the country, almost all reputable media houses on MANA’s subscription and mailing list – and any media house can apply to be on our mailing list. Please use the “contact us” log on this website to get more information on how you can become associated with the news giant in Malawi – and in principle, it will cost you nothing.

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allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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8 February 2019

Malawi: Journalists challenged to be professional in reporting on disaster and emergencies

At a training workshop in Mzuzu, Dr. Godfrey Kafere, the Director of Technical Services for the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, challenged Malawian journalists to be professional when informing those affected by disasters. Journalists are a vital source of information and are still widely trusted, so their integrity is paramount.

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8 October 2015

Malawi: Enhancing resilience to vulnerability

Nkhotakota District Water Officer Oswald Nkhuwa says through the Early Warning System Project, his office is constructing automated hydrometric stations in Kaombe, Chiluwa and Lifidzi rivers to assist people in warning them when water levels are rising to horrendous levels due to heavy rains. 'Since the hydrometric stations will be automated, communication will be instant thereby aiding people to move to safer places in time. Currently, we use manual gauging stations but they are obsolete and slow to respond to disasters,' says Nkhuwa...

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7 October 2015

Malawi: Climate change deepens poverty among subsistence farmers

'We first noticed that something was wrong around us after the year 2000 when the rainfall pattern changed abruptly and the rains became more erratic and floods, drought, and dry spells became an annual occurrence,' said Annie Ganizani, a mother of seven. She added, 'The floods and dry spells quickly resulted into dwindling yields leading to food shortages and subsequently taking us into deep poverty'...

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19 June 2015

UNDP tips Malawi on resilient recovery

'The goal now must be to see that actions follow words and that recovery efforts... take into account existing social vulnerabilities and strengthen the capacity of people. At UNDP we say 'If it isn't risk informed, it isn't sustainable' ' said UNDP Administrator, Helen Clark, adding that recovery must be informed by assessments of climate and other disaster risks...

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27 May 2015

Malawi needs significant amount of money to recover from floods - Chilima

'This is an indication that the impact of the floods badly bruised our economy and that government of Malawi cannot manage to deal with this alone without the support from our development partners to recover from the flood disaster as well as reconstruct the damaged infrastructure and people's livelihoods,' said Vice President Saulosi Chilima...

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19 May 2015

Malawi: DoDMA exploring indigenous knowledge on disasters

Department of Disaster Management Affairs has embarked on a mission to explore how best indigenous knowledge can be used to help communities prepare for disasters. Mitigation Officer Mulder Mkutumula identified promotion of disaster mitigation and preparedness through the use of education, knowledge and innovation as effective in dealing with disasters in the country...

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11 May 2015

Malawi: Mutharika applauds China as Beijing pledges continued support

'In December, 2014, China also approved funding amounting to US$500,000 for the China-Malawi-UNDP Cooperation Disaster Management and Risk Reduction project to help support poor and vulnerable communities located within Malawi's 15 identified disaster prone districts', said President Mutharika of Malawi...

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15 April 2015

Malawi: Christian Aid highlights importance of disaster preparedness

Christian Aid has emphasized the importance of disaster preparedness, suggesting that it must be incorporated as one of the key priorities in the district’s development plans. 'Early warning information if shared and interpreted well to people, effects of disasters can be mitigated as measures might be made in time on how to evacuate prospective victims from the disaster prone areas,' said District Coordinator for Christian Aid, Chikumbutso Kilembe...