The group also help combat sanitation-diseases that fuel malnutrition in children. “Before Cyclone Freddy struck in March this year, 177 households had latrines. However, 82 were destroyed by the torrents that poured for four days nonstop,” says Elias, one of the 20 health surveillance assistants at Thumbwe Health Centre
Gululi limathandizanso kuthana ndi matenda okhudza ukhondo amene amayambitsa kunyetchela mwa ana,”kusabwele mvula yanamondwe ya freddy mu march chaka chino, nyumba zana limodzi mphambu makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri anali ndi zimbudzi, koma, makumi asanu ndi makumi atatu ndi ziwiri zinawonongeka ndi mvula yaphamvu imene inagwa masiku anayi osasiyam” akutero elias, m’modzi mwa othandizila ntchito za umoyo pa chipatala cha thumbwe