St Trea's
Parish
Newbridge & Ballymaguigan
Trócaire - After the cyclone, a way back
12 Aug 2024
The deafening sound was half-howl, half-roar.
And when Cyclone Freddy was finished in Malawi – with lives lost and houses obliterated – the once-fertile farmlands of Rhoda Joseph’s beloved Mchenge village were buried under mud and sand.
Poverty would make their recovery doubly hard. How do you restore soil for planting, when your family needs food now? Where do you get help to repair a well that’s your village’s only source of clean water?
Read your latest Together In Action newsletter, and discover why the answer is you, helping people find a way back – and a way forward – through your support and your love. Thank you for the light that you are:
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