Our partnership with World Relief

Many parts of Southern Africa, including Malawi, are currently suffering from a massive food shortage. Nearly two years of severe weather and drought are pushing families in rural areas to the brink of famine. It is estimated that 80% of those affected by the food crisis are farmers. When farmers are unable to grow crops or sell produce in the marketplace, they are unable to feed their children. Nearly 50% of children in this region are severely malnourished.

We partnered with World Relief to ensure that all households in the Salima district of central Malawi have food security. Our partnership provided food rations for families, making sure that the most vulnerable had adequate food for at least 6 months. This project also supported income-generating activities, such as food crop and livestock production, community-based nutrition interventions, bee-keeping, and savings and loans group. As a result, the impacted families in central Malawi were able to plant new crops, see them successfully harvested, refill food storehouses, and help vulnerable children survive and thrive.