ONE year ago on the 12th March 2023, Cyclone Freddy carved a path of destruction through Malawi and the devastation is still all too evident as families try to recover… IN Chinkhwangwa Village in the east of the country, Mary Peter (42) is one of those who is trying to pick up the pieces of her life in the aftermath of the terrible storm. Mary Peter is a single mother of six children. Five of them were living with her together with a little two-year-old grandchild when the cyclone struck. Mary has lived in Chinkhwangwa all her life and inherited her house and an acre of farming land, around 30 minutes walk from the house, from her parents.