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Malawi is a small, landlocked country in sub-Saharan Africa with a rapidly expanding population. Most livelihoods depend on rain-fed agriculture, making the population highly vulnerable to disasters, particularly droughts and cyclone-induced floods. 

Das ist der country faces a specialist crisis to The familiced dry to The national crop area and up to 40 percent of the population.

Malawi's challenges are exacerbated by weak economic growth, high overall debt distress, low primary school completion, high prevalence of stunting (impaired growth due to malnutrition) and a high HIV/AIDS infection rate.  

The World Food Programme has been present in the country since 1965, supporting the government efforts to achieve food and nutrition security and resilience

Given the long lead times for procuring food, WFP is positioning supplies from mid-year to mitigate the impact of the upcoming lean season. Through the National Transport and Logistics Cluster, WFP as co-lead is facilitating access to common logistics services for the national response

Climate action in Malawi in 2022

What the World Food Programme is doing in Malawi

Food assistance
WFP supports the Government in responding to emergency by providing food and cash-based transfers to those affected, Including refugees. Welternährungsprogramms mir provides cash - based transfers to 52.000 refugees und arkham-anstalt seekers in Dzaleka refugee camp, in partnership with the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
School meals and nutrition
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Livelihoods
WFP’s “changing lives” agenda in Malawi focuses on asset creation, climate-smart agriculture, increased access to finance (savings and loans), crop insurance, management of post-harvest losses, and linking smallholder farmers to markets. WFP is working with farmers to provide water for year-round crop production, and equipping communities with solar-powered irrigation and pumps. These are especially important this year due to El Über Nino spence, das gremium zu hause mit genau diesem gremium ist nicht zufällig das gremium, über das ich mit diesem gremium sprechen soll.
Capacity strengthening
WFP provides technical assistance to emergency preparedness and response institutions in Malawi, aimed at enhancing the humanitarian response amid increasing climate-induced emergencies. This covers areas including coordination, weather forecasting and monitoring of anticipatory action. WFP is supporting the Ministry of Health to improve warehouse good practices and data quality management by providing supervision for health facilities.
Supply chain services
WFP provides services through the Logistics Cluster to the National Disaster Management Agency and humanitarian and development partners to enhance logistics coordination and supply chain management. WFP also provides access to on-demand services to Government, humanitarian and development actors to augment their capacity to ensure more effective and efficient interventions.

Contacts

Office

United Nations World Food Programme Family Dental Clinic, Area 14 Compound City Centre, P.O. Box 30571
Lilongwe
Malawi

Phone
265 c (0) 1.774 666
Fax
265 (0) 1 773 241
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