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Find Your Feet attributes gender disparities, social norms to low household development

Jun 21, 2024 Macdonald Kaleso 0 &

Experts have lamented that gender disparities and some social norms are some of the serious threats which retards various development interventions at the community level. To inculcate a culture of coordination and togetherness at the… ...

Malawi mobilises US$12.3m for hunger fight

Jan 11, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 2 &

Government says the country through its development partners has managed to mobilise US$12.3 million to be used for fighting hunger. Commissioner for Disaster Management Affairs Clement Chinthu Phiri revealed this at a press briefing in… ...

WFP Malawi needs K8.3bn for hunger crisis

Feb 16, 2017 Victoria Milanzi 34 &

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… ...

Malawi food crisis : Govt launches hunger response program in Phalombe

Oct 20, 2016 Grecium Gama 10 &

Malawi government together with World Food Program (WFP) and Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has launched a hunger response program aimed at providing food to starving Malawians in Phalombe. During the program which will… ...

Malawi Crisis: Hunger fuels high School dropout in Nsanje

Oct 18, 2016 Chilenje Chilenje 53 &

Over 1,000 primary school learners in the lower Shire district of Nsanje are reported to have dropped out of School this year alone due to hunger problem, Malawi24 can reveal. Speaking to this publication on… ...

Malawi Hunger: WFP intensifies relief efforts

Sep 30, 2016 Bertha Chirwa 21 &

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has intensified its efforts to fight food insecurity as it is importing 55,000 metric tonnes of maize which is expected to meet the needs of up to 4.7… ...

WFP may stop assisting hunger victims in Malawi

Feb 18, 2016 Macmillan Mhone 152 &

The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that it will suspend food assistance programmes in the country unless it manages to source funds to sustain the operations. In a statement released on Wednesday, the United… ...