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DODA reaches out to 94 per cent of households affected by weather-related disasters - Malawi

DODA reaches out to 94 per cent of households affected by weather-related disasters Format The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) has reached out to 94 per cent of households affected by various weather-related disasters between July 2020 and July 2021. DoDMA’s Relief and Rehabilitation Officer Ephod Kachigwada, said out of 37,132 affected households, the department, in collaboration with various humanitarian partners, reached out to 35,077 households with relief assistance. “The figure represents 94 per cent of all the affected households. The package included food and non-food items such as maize/rice, beans, plastic sheets for temporary roofing, kitchen utensils,” said Kachigwada. From July 2020, to July 2021, the country experienced several weather-related disasters mostly lightning, stormy rains, strong winds, heavy rains, flash floods and hailstorms leading to loss of lives, injuries and damage to houses and household property.

WaterAid for adequate budget allocation for early childhood development

While commending the government for increasing the budget allocation to early childhood development (ECD) from K803 million in the 2019/2020 budget to K3 billion in the 2020/2021 budget, WaterAid Malawi contends that the allocation still falls short of the MGDS III’s recommended K4.9 billion allocation. In a statement, WaterAid’s coordinator for policy & sector engagement, Lloyd Mtalimanja says this is especially concerning in that “although Government surpassed the MGDS III’s target for budget allocation to the Education & Skills Development sector by about 75% in the 2020/2021 budget, it still underfunded ECD”. “This suggests that ECD is not adequately prioritized in budget allocations. Regrettably the 2019/20 ECD budget estimate also fell short of the minimum recommended expenditure on ECD proposed in the MGDS III by MK3.5 billion (81%),” Mtalimanja said.

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