World Food Program (WFP) says it requires $11.5m (K8.3 billion) to continue providing assistance to Malawians who are in need of food aid.
The organisation needs the funds to provide cash transfers to hunger victims for most of February and March 2017.
Meanwhile, WFP is at the peak of the operation of reaching out to 6 million hunger victims in response to the El-Nino induced food insecurity.
According to a situation report WFP released on 9 February, the food response the organisation has conducted in Malawi has been the longest and largest humanitarian response on record.
“January marked the peak of the humanitarian response with WFP targeting 6 million people across 24 districts. With the January round of distributions, WFP has reached an estimated 4 million beneficiaries as of 30 January; this includes 5.3 million beneficiaries assisted with in-kind food and 560,000 beneficiaries who received cash based transfers. January distributions are ongoing to reach the month’s target,” reads part of the report.
The report further added that whilst providing lifesaving assistance which is paramount, WFP and partners are also prioritising complimentary productive activities and social behaviour change to help break the cycle of food and nutrition insecurity in the long run.
“The humanitarian assistance has played an instrumental role in stabilising food security situation, particularly for the most vulnerable,” the organisation said.
WFP added that continuation of support remains critical particularly during the peak of the lean season when poor households are expected to fall into emergency.
It also revealed that even with food assistance households will still face large food consumption gaps resulting into high malnutrition and extreme loss of livelihood assets.
The WFP report then noted that though maize prices have decreased nominally, the prices remain 127 percent higher than 2015 and 54 percent than the 3 year average for this time hence access to diverse food and ensuring vulnerable groups have the required nutrition is of paramount importance.
According to the report, this is especially important to those who are HIV positive and in need of proper nutrition in order to adhere to anti-retroviral treatment.
On challenges, WFP observed that some local chiefs interfere with the humanitarian nature of the response and that heavy rains, particularly in the southern region, have exacerbated challenges of weak infrastructure, hampering access to distribution points.
WFP is supporting approximately 6 million people with relief assistance in 24 districts through a combination of in-kind food, voucher and cash along with complementary recovery activities until March 2017, when the harvest is expected. An INGO consortium is reaching the remaining 700,000 people.
The affected population is nearly 40 percent of the population making it the largest response in the country’s history.
The Government of Malawi has emerged as one of the top donors to the current humanitarian response, pledging to provide cash and in-kind maize contributions valued at a total sum of USD100 million.
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Investigate the maize gate first before you give us aid,bring them to the book.that money might go to renovate my burnt house
This Is Sad!!! The International Community Is Removing The Last Vestiges Of Independence In Malawi!!! The Whole Country Has Been Turned Into A Refugee Camp!!! Are Our Leaders Proud Of This? Let’s Inculcate A Hard Working Spirit Not Raising Expectations Of Receiving Relief Support Every Year!!! This Malawi Is A Real Shithole!!!
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These hand outs is what making malawi poor ,litle by litle malawians are becoming like south africans people
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Asaaaa akuba inu ettiiiii next month we are harvesting all this money what for you want just to pave way of enriching yourselves
That’s true but they can’nt do that they are selfish thieves
for what? that’s being ridiculous how many are we in Malawi? almost 17 million in total… just give everyone one million each we won’t gonna need that much….one million will be enough for every one to buy food stop lying fool’s
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nanga azinama kuti 8 billion?
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@bertino kapena masamu andifuna ,k8.3 billion and 17 million wamkulu ndani? mu 8 billion muli ma millions angati guys ……ayi anthuwa akutinamizira ndinthu……adakati 1 billion bola koma panka 8bn kkkkkkkkk……@ bertino even 2 million sungapulumuke lol
Mickey 1 metre u can buy food and kumwelanso pompo kukhalakonso
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Gift Maulana nanga k8.3bn ndipano? guys ationjeza
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Nose mbuli apa masamu simudziwa. calculate 17 million wanuyo multiply by K1 million mukufunayo nde muone kut ituluka zingat? munkathawila ku xul et?
in one billion there is 1,000 millions…..for just simple mathematics ..17 ,million and 1,000 million which is big? in 2 billion we counting 2,000 million….but about population its less even 20 million u the one have to go back to school…. 8 billion muli ma millions angati nawe iwe….we talking about billions dollar’s baba not millions
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