By Linda Kwanjana
Malawi President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera initiative which he launched in March this year has started bearing fruits.
Just on Tuesday, Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development officially handed over 45 houses to the families whose property including houses were completely damaged by Cyclone Freddy in March this year.
Minister of Lands Deus Gumba, said the newly-built houses have been constructed with financial support from Dozy M’mobousi through Goodwill Ambassadors for Tropical Cyclone Freddy former Presidents Dr Bakili Muluzi and Dr Joyce Banda.
The Dozy Village in the area of Traditional Authority Phweremwe in Phalombe was named after the main donor.
Malawi Red Cross Society monitored the implementation of the project.
Just days after the launch of the campaign, Former President Dr Bakili Muluzi, in his capacity as Goodwill Ambassador for Cyclone Freddy, announced a K500 million Dozy Mmobuosi Foundation who made a deposit for the construction of 75 houses for Tropical Cyclone Freddy survivors in Zomba and Phalombe.
Mmobuosi, a Nigerian author and entrepreneur committed K500 million into the Tigwirane Manja Housing Project which will see 75 houses being constructed in Phalombe and Zomba districts but currently 45 have been handed over for use.
