Tropical Cyclone Freddy has wreaked havoc across 14 districts of Southern Malawi from 11-15 March. The unprecedented destruction has left over 500 dead, 533 missing, 1,724 injured and 563,771 people displaced.1
Donate to Eagles
Eagles is already on the ground through its nationwide presence in local churches and communities. Please help us to bring meaningful and timely help to affected families and communities.
Your support will enable us to complement the efforts of local churches and communities we have trained, who are mobilising their own resources in collaboration with local government and other partners.
Play 5-minute video by Eagles Director, Victor Mughogho on the situation in Malawi and how we can resiliently rebuild with your support.
Help with immediate needs
People affected urgently require immediate life-saving and life-sustaining help.
But they also need protection, counselling, and livelihood support to recover from their losses, rebuild their resilience, and regain access to basic services.
Displaced and other affected people urgently need the following items:
Food: such as maize and maize flour, corn soya blend, cooking oil, pulses (beans, peas etc), soya pieces, dry fish, sugar and salt
Non-food: such as plates, cups and pots
Protection: such as clothing, blankets, lighting lamps, and dignity kits
Water, sanitation and hygiene: such as bottled water, water treatment chemicals, soap, basins and buckets
Shelter: such as tarpaulins, family tents, plastic sheets
Health: such as mosquito nets and mobile clinic services
Help recovery in the longer-term
Eagles is also working towards medium and long-term recovery through:
Psycho-social support and safeguarding: Eagles has already trained local church and community leaders in psycho-social counselling just before the onset of Cyclone Ana in 2022, through Government health professionals. Now, those who have lost loved ones need the greatest possible emotional and spiritual support to help cope with their unimaginable loss. Our response to the cyclone builds on Eagles' past 20 years experience in enabling local churches address holistically the needs of vulnerable people across Malawi. Eagles will protect and safeguard affected populations, and activate others to help too.
Rehabilitation, recovery and resilience: Eagles will also mobilise churches and communities to learn from previous disaster responses. It will help them identify and find ways to enhance their existing skills and resources, such as by carrying out winter cropping so they can harvest later this year, and taking part in village savings and loans groups. This will improve recovery, reduce risk and build resilience.