Natural disasters affecting Malawi’s national development plans
Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 03:23PM
You Me We

Charles Mkula discusses a quote pulled from a  Department of Disaster Management Affairs report:

“Marginalized groups have less social power and fewer economic resources and physical capacity to anticipate, survive and recover from the effects of disasters,” reports the department pointing out that “the elderly, disabled, the sick, the poor and children are particularly vulnerable”.

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