Thondwe is a small community near the city of Zomba in southern Malawi, in the Shire Highlands.

[5] In 2018 the local member of parliament Charles Tikhiwa estimated that there were 154 000 people in the district requiring food.

[6] In 2019, Tikhiwa was defeated and Roseby Gadama was elected as the independent MP for Zomba Thondwe.

[8] In early 2023 Cyclone Freddy caused hundreds of deaths in Malawi and thousands were made homeless.

[11] There was a prayer day in Thondwe on 10 October 2023 and Roseby Gadama announced that her parents were intending to fund an ambulance and she would donate a million kwacha.