Malawi Union for Informal Sector (MUFIS) had ventured into distributing of relief items to workers in the informal economy in different places across the country.
The charitable development come about following the contemporary environmental challenge which comprises of drought as well as floods in other areas and it affected many peoples crop production in the country.
In his remarks, General Secretary for MUFIS, Mwanda Chiwambala said that, workers in the informal economy needs social protection as it with any other workers in the country so they are required to be treated as important as well.
“Floods and drought had affected many people in the country, but labor force in the informal economy are the ones who suffered the most. This is the reason why we came up with the idea of giving them some items that will at least help them to get back to their feet”, said Chiwambala.
According to Chiwambala, so far, the exercise has reached over 1500 people who are members of the organization across the country.
“The number of people who are affected by the challenge are just too many that we cannot manage to reach out to all of them as of now. But if we can have any access to any capability, we would love to reach out to as many people as possible hence helping in their inclusion in social protection”, said Chiwambala.
Speaking after receiving the donation, the Chairperson for MUFIS in Nsanje district, Maria Lazaro said that they are grateful upon receiving the items since it included food items which is a basic need of every person.
“We appreciate the decision of helping us with these items because for some days we a shall be using these instead of buying from the money we get from doing our businesses. This will help us to use our money in other areas which are also important to us”, said Lazaro.
Agreeing with Lazaro, Maggie Mdalawezi from Balaka district who is also one of the beneficiaries of the activity said that the idea of helping them with these items is more cherished since for them to buy all the items, can cost them a lot of money.
Chiwambala, however, urged those who had access of getting this help not to sell the things they received but rather use it in their households. He said that there are some people who like money other than everything else so they might think of selling instead of taking to their homes.
Some of the items which were distributed are flour, cooking oil, soap, soya pieces, sugar, salt and fertilizer.
File photo: Members receiving Fertilizer.