Lilongwe, Malawi … After only a month of emergency fund requests the Malawi Project has raised over $75,000.00 for famine relief in Malawi. Funds stated being wired to Malawi immediately, and in just days Action for Progress started making food purchases. It is now being delivered to the AfP center in Lilongwe, and over the weekend being prepared for distribution. Distribution will begin almost immediately, and the first recipients will see food supplies reaching the following districts in Malawi this upcoming week.
In the northern region food is going to the Mzuzu district. In the center Lilongwe, Ntchisi, Kasungu, and Dowa is seeing food assistance. In the south food is being delivered to the Machinga district, one of the hardest hit areas.
Estimates indicate 5.7 million are suffering from the food shortages. For every $1,000 donated a total of 468 people can be fed for a week.
“The problem will continue until at least May of this year before any crop harvest relief can be seen. Even then it will take months and years to overcome the effects of this famine. We have a long way to go, and we need our supporters to stand with us until the famine ends,” reports Dick Stephens a co-founder of the Project.
The picture shows the AfP truck being loaded with food so distribution can begin nation-wide.