By Innocent Chamtulo

Mulanje, March 28, Mana: Centre for Community Organization and Development (CCODE) is set to support 1,458 households in five traditional authorities in Mulanje as a response to Cyclone Jude.

Beneficiary households from traditional authorities Nkanda, Mthiramanja, Chikumbu, Ndanga and Sunganizeru are expected to receive K95,200 cash.

CCODE Programmes Manager, Wonderful Hunga, said the support is an unconditional Social Cash Transfer Programmme as beneficiaries will not be required to perform any work to receive the funds.

“We are appealing to beneficiaries to utilise the cash for its intended purpose. We expect them to support their families’ basic needs,” he said.

Director of Planning and Development for Mulanje District Council, Morson Magombo, said over 1,650 households in the district were impacted by Cyclone Jude.

He, therefore, expressed gratitude for CCODE’s response describing it ass timely support to alleviate suffering of those affected by the disaster.

“We appeal to recipients to spend the money on essential family needs rather than on luxuries,” he said.

Cash totaling to US$97,500 is expected to be disbursed within two weeks with funding from the Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations, in collaboration with Malawi Government