This is where the Disasters Emergency Committee – and commercial radio stations – come in. More than 900 people were killed, and almost three million people were left in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The UN called it “one of the worst weather-related catastrophes in the history of Africa”. The cyclone hit Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe hard. Cyclone Idai: You gave shelter, supplies, seeds and training, but most importantly you gave hopeĭEC Chief Executive Saleh Saeed on how the generous support of commercial radio is helping people in Mozambique rebuild their lives after March’s disaster.Īfter a busy year in the news, the events in Southern Africa at the end of March might seem like a distant memory to us, but the effects of Cyclone Idai are very much still being felt.
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