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With an estimated population of 13.9 million people, Malawi is a land-locked country in southern Africa. Compared to other African nations, Malawi has a relatively low adult literacy rate of 35 percent. Malawi faces several social problems including poverty, where 63 percent of the population lives under US$2 a day, and a high HIV/AIDS infection rate. Malawi is also prone to repeated inundation by floods from continuous and heavy rainfalls.

Our Work in Malawi

The Hunger Project has been working in Malawi since 1999 and is currently reaching over 110,000 partners in Malawi in seven epicentre communities that include about 190 villages. Through our integrated approach to rural development, the Epicentre Strategy, The Hunger Project is working with people on the ground to successfully access the basic services needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and lead lives of self-reliance.

Increasing Food Security

Malawi is a country that is prone to natural disasters, suffering from both extreme drought to heavy rainfalls. As a result, the food supply situation in Malawi remains precarious.

To this end, The Hunger Project-Malawi empowers and supports farmers with training and materials to increase and diversify their food production. In these disaster prone areas, a key element of the Epicentre Strategy is the community food banks. The Hunger Project-Malawi has also inaugurated a system of land irrigation to increase and diversity food production.

Improving Health and Hygiene

Epicentre health centres provide primary health care and immunisations, and teach men and women how to improve their health and hygiene. In Malawi, where there is a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS and malaria, The Hunger Project-Malawi conducts training of traditional birth attendants, mobilises animators to provide bed-nets and implements HIV/AIDS voluntary counselling and testing programmes in epicentre communities. More than 215,000 people have participated in our HIV/Aids Inequality Workshop.

Microfinance

Since its launch in 1998, more than 6,400 partners have received loans through THP-Malawi’s microfinance programme. The microcredit facility at Nsondole Epicentre received official recognition to operate as a government-licensed Rural Bank in November 2005. To date, about $291,500 has been disbursed in our epicentre communities, through THP-Malawi’s direct lending programme and the Rural Bank that operates as its own independent, community-owned financial institution.

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