Maize, rice, and cassava are the most important food commodities. Markets selected represent the entire geographic length of the country: two markets in each of the north, center, and south. In the...
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Violence Against Children and Young Women in Malawi: Findings from a National Survey 2013
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The 2013 Violence against Children and Young Women Survey (VACS) Malawi is the first national survey of violence against children in the Republic of Malawi. Implemented in September...
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Operational Plan 2011-2016 DFID Malawi Updated December 2014
Context High poverty and growing inequality: Malawi is a small landlocked country and one of the world’s poorest economies, with some of the worst development statistics for a non-conflict country...
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Southern Africa to benefit from Risk Reduction Centre
Lilongwe, 18 December 2014 – A new regional centre for southern Africa will help develop resilience action plans, vulnerability mapping and disaster risk reduction as well as climate change...
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The 2014-2015 Rainfall Season: Southern Africa (December 2014)
Highlights • The early stages of the 2014-2015 growing season in Southern Africa were characterized by significant rainfall deficits in an area extending across eastern Zambia, northern Zimbabwe,...
Government of Malawi, United Nations World Food Programme and Partners Respond to Lean Season Hunger
The Government of Malawi together with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and other partners are today launching a lean season relief operation to meet the food and nutrition needs of the...
Malawi Response to 2014/2015 Agricultural Season Dry Spells – MWI141
Appeal Target: US$ 131,426.93 Balance Requested: US$ 26,426.93 Geneva, 17 December 2014 Geneva, 17 December 2014 Dear Colleagues, A delayed start of the agriculture season and prolonged dry spells in...
Malawi Food Security Outlook Update December 2014
Delayed rains are likely to negatively impact crops and could extend the lean period KEY MESSAGES Rains have been delayed for more than 30 days in most parts of the southern region and between 10 to...
Malawi to Conduct Door-to-Door HIV Testing
Lameck Masina BLANTYRE— Malawians have mixed reactions to government plans to introduce door-to door HIV testing early next year. Supporters say the step is urgently needed because 100 Malawians get...
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Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP) Situation Update for November with a Forecast till Mid-January 2015
SUMMARY The Desert Locust (SGR1 ) situation deteriorated along the Red Sea coast in the central outbreak region during November. Aerial and ground operations treated swarms and groups of adults and...
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Food Security Early Warning System - Agromet Update, Issue 2: 2014/2015 Agricultural Season
Highlights Short season (Vuli) in bimodal areas of northern Tanzania starts well Good late-November rains in south-east Botswana and north-west South Africa help to ease dry conditions Delayed onset...
In Malawi, Citizens Get Involved as Innovative Technologies Help Them Better Understand and Manage Disaster Risks
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Citizens recently participated in a mapping exercise to provide data for early flood preparation in Malawi’s vulnerable districts Mapping is the next step in the launch of the open...
MALAWI: Donated Supplies for New Library Reach Salesian School
(MissionNewswire) In Malawi, more than 50 percent of the population lives in poverty and the majority of households are female-headed, according to the World Bank. Located in southeast Africa, Malawi...
Accountability Review in Malawi: Building the resilience and enhancing the adaptive capacity of women and men to climate change and climate variability
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Accountability is the process through which an organisation balances the needs of stakeholders in its decision-making and activities, and delivers against this commitment...
Malawi aligns the National Gender Policy to the SADC Protocol on Gender
The Malawi Gender Mainstreaming Training and Policy Harmonization workshop was held from 6-10 October 2014 in Lilongwe. The training was conducted at a time when Malawi had just finalised the review...
People living with HIV fighting stigma and discrimination
While Malawi remains among the top ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa for people living with HIV, the country has seen a significant decrease in both new HIV infections and AIDS related deaths since...
Malawi Price Bulletin, November 2014
Maize, rice, and cassava are the most important food commodities. Markets selected represent the entire geographic length of the country: two markets in each of the north, center, and south. In the...
Malawi Food Security Outlook Update November 2014
Humanitarian assistance for food insecure areas is fully funded Key Messages Maize staple is readily available in most households. Average national prices for maize have remained stable and prices in...
Meet the Experts: Giving Youth a Leg Up in Malawi’s Dairy Sector
Meet Bettie Kawonga, a 2014 Scholar in the Borlaug Higher Education for Research and Development Program, implemented by Michigan State University and supported by the U.S. Agency for International...
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Germany Boosts Nutrition & Resilience Efforts For Malawi’s Vulnerable Communities
LILONGWE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed two contributions from the government of Germany totalling €2.6 million. Part of the donation, €395,900 (about 240 million MWK),...