WCK en route to Madagascar after Tropical Cyclone Gezani

World Central Kitchen is en route to Madagascar, where Tropical Cyclone Gezani has struck the island and left a wake of destruction. Families have been displaced, with many people missing and injured. Access to food and water has been cut off for over 250,000 people.

The storm reached Category 4 strength as it approached the city of Toamasina on the country’s eastern coast, with wind speeds up to 143 miles per hour. As recovery efforts begin, WCK teams are working with local partners to ensure families and first responders have access to meals.

This is our second response in Madagascar. In 2022, WCK teams supported communities impacted by Cyclone Batsirai. The cyclone left some communities and roadways completely inaccessible and cut off from food, in addition to leaving thousands of families displaced. Our teams worked closely with local partners to provide tens of thousands of meals to impacted communities.

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Cooking at the WCK Field Kitchen in Madagascar has resumed! Cyclone Emnati made landfall this week & thankfully left minimal damage in Mananjary—a city hard-hit by Cyclone Batsirai earlier this month. We’re serving thousands of hot meals to affected families. #ChefsForMadagascar

Twitter | 2/25/2022
#Emnati is the 4th tropical cyclone to hit Madagascar this month—with a similar path to #Batsirai, the storm has made landfall between Mananjary & Manakara. WCK’s Field Kitchen is temporarily closed so we supplied communities still able to cook w/rice & beans. #ChefsForMadagascar

Twitter | 2/22/2022
From the city of Ihosy to Ivohibe in central Madagascar, many small, rural villages are without their major source of food, rice—Cyclone Batsirai destroyed the growing fields so WCK will be supporting 12,000 affected people with rice, beans & cooking oil. #ChefsForMadagascar

Twitter | 2/18/2022

WCK en route to Madagascar after Tropical Cyclone Gezani

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Cooking at the WCK Field Kitchen in Madagascar has resumed! Cyclone Emnati made landfall this week & thankfully left minimal damage in Mananjary—a city hard-hit by Cyclone Batsirai earlier this month. We’re serving thousands of hot meals to affected families. #ChefsForMadagascar

#Emnati is the 4th tropical cyclone to hit Madagascar this month—with a similar path to #Batsirai, the storm has made landfall between Mananjary & Manakara. WCK’s Field Kitchen is temporarily closed so we supplied communities still able to cook w/rice & beans. #ChefsForMadagascar

From the city of Ihosy to Ivohibe in central Madagascar, many small, rural villages are without their major source of food, rice—Cyclone Batsirai destroyed the growing fields so WCK will be supporting 12,000 affected people with rice, beans & cooking oil. #ChefsForMadagascar