Hunger Archives

CDEDI wants prompt response on maize crisis

Jul 31, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has called for prompt response on maize crisis in order to save lives, saying the current maize situation in the country is a fatal disaster in… ...

Households receive vegetable seeds to help eradicate malnutrition

Jul 30, 2023 Chikondi Magalasi 0 &

In a bid to help in eradicating malnutrition, a youth-led organisation in Dedza has distributed vegetable seeds and grafted fruit tree seedlings to 200 households in the district. Youth Initiative for Community Development (YICOD) has… ...

Church provides maize to hunger affected families

Mar 23, 2023 Martha Chikoti 0 &

Bishop William Mandhlopa of Family of God Church International on Sunday donated 30 bags of maize worth K500 thousand to hunger affected families at Area 23 in Lilongwe. Speaking with reporters, Bishop Mandhlopa said 30… ...

Blind learners begging for food in Nsanje

Jan 19, 2023 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Over 13 blind learners at Mpatsa Primary School in Nsanje are struggling due to lack of food as government has not been sending a monthly allocation of K360,000 for the children since October last year.… ...

21,000 hunger-affected households to get assistance in Balaka

Oct 30, 2022 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

At least 21,000 hunger stricken households in Balaka district are expected to receive assistance from the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) under the 2022/2023 lean season food insecurity response programme. The Malawi Vulnerability Assessment… ...

Over 9 million Malawians living on less than 2 dollars a day, WFP

Jun 07, 2022 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has found that half of Malawians are living on less than a dollar a day, a situation the organisation claims to have been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.… ...

Malawi is still food secure, says Chakwera

May 18, 2022 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera says Malawi is still food secure despite a drop in maize production from 4.5 million metric tonnes last year to 3.8 million metric tonnes this year. According to the president, government also… ...