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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

For the next 700 words, I invite you to remember the disaster events that occurred in 2019, just months before the pandemic outbreak. . In 2019, millions of people around the world were affected by disasters and humanitarian crises. Cyclone Idai struck Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, causing widespread flood destruction.

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Swoop Aero’s drones hit a million items delivered as the company raises for expansion

TechCrunch

Swoop has been providing transport and delivery of medical materials — medications as well as things like samples for labs — in south Malawi, DR Congo and other locations for the last three years, and recently delivered its millionth item and completed its 20,000th flight. This success has led to USAID awarding $1.5

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Kenyan insurtech startup Pula raises $6M Series A to derisk smallholder farmers across Africa

TechCrunch

Some think a climate disaster wouldn’t hit their farms for a particular season; hence, they don’t ask for insurance initially. They include Senegal, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique. million farmers.

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Rapidly Rehousing: A Nonprofit’s Use of Modular Homes

NonProfit Hub

Rapidly Rehousing: A Nonprofit’s Use of Modular Homes When Cyclone Gombe devastated Malawi, it left many families displaced without housing. Through an innovative partnership with Nostos Homes, Habitat built a modular community in rural Malawi in just a week. Rapid shelter stabilizes and supports disaster victims.

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Vote for Your CNN Hero: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact

Have Fun - Do Good

Over the past week though, there have been little glimpses of happiness amid the disasters, scandals and economic bad news - stories about the CNN Heroes: Ordinary People Extraordinary Impact. Today, the Los Angeles nanny funds a school in her native Malawi -- where half a million children have been orphaned by the disease."

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