The UK charity Mary’s Meals, closely linked to the Church, has launched Crisis in Malawi, an urgent appeal to help lessen the devastating impact of Malawi’s food crisis.
Food insecurity has been an issue in southern Africa for several years, but with recent flooding in the region, many of the crops Malawians rely on have been destroyed.
The Malawian government estimates that eight million people – half the country’s population – will require food aid by the end of 2016.
Mary’s Meals, which feeds 1.1 million schoolchildren per day, reports that the situation in Malawi is so bad that many families are facing starvation and a state of national emergency has been declared.
