By Memory Khutuliwa                                                                     

Blantyre, February 26, Mana; Nyambadwe United Football Club has distributed assorted food items worth K1.3 million to about 100 households in Traditional Authority (TA) Nkanda in Mulanje whose food supplies were affected by Tropical Cyclone Freddy.

In an interview, Nyambadwe United Football Club Director, Tony Fletcher, said the team decided to reach out to the affected households with maize flour, beans, cooking oil, sugar, soya and tablets of soap after an appeal from Pastor Brian Chisale of Evangelical Church from Nkanda area who felt the need for urgent relief food.

Recently the Division 1, Nyambadwe United distributed 5,000 note books to needy learners at Nyambadwe Primary and Community Day Secondary School.

One of the beneficiaries at Nkanda area, Alex Manda was grateful for the assistance.

“I had nothing to eat in my house; it was difficult for me to feed my children who mostly fail to go to school due to hunger. This assistance has come at a right time,” said Manda.

Each household received one bag of maize flour weighing 25 kilogrammes, a bottle of cooking oil, a packet of sugar and beans among others items.