
Council to use SSRL to cover disasters in Phalombe
By Grecium Gama
As Phalombe district is well-known for disaster shocks, Phalombe district commissioner Rodrick Mateauma said the council has geared to use the social support for Resilient livelihoods(SSRL) projects to shield areas where disaster heavily affects people.
The district commissioner was speaking this when he was monitoring some climate-smart enhanced public works programs that have been rolled out in the district.
He said this season people will not only focus on planting trees but they will try to use other fast approaches.
" this year we have trained local structures to a holistic approach to improve soil fertility and arrest land degradation in the district. we are constructing some dykes in traditional authority Jenala, especially in Phalombe river, ", He expla...