Key Highlights Households’ spending on basic survival needs (SMEB) remained broadly stable in January 2026 at MWK 232,700, largely unchanged from December 2025, as lower food costs offset increases...
Highlights: Malawi faced overlapping health emergencies, climate shocks, and economic challenges, leaving 5.7 million people, including 2.9 million children, in the need of humanitarian assistance...
Following the forecast issued by the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services (DCCMS) on 5 January 2026, which indicated the likelihood of extreme heavy rainfall across several parts...
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Operational Updates • Emergency lean season response: Latest IPC results indicate that 4 million people (one in five) are projected to face crisis level (IPC Phase 3) food insecurity and 8,000 in...
Description of the Event Date when the trigger was met 25-10-2025 What happened, where and when? Malawi is facing the worst food insecurity crisis of the past 7 years, affecting over 4 million people...
Highlights From January to August 2025, Malawi experienced a sharp rise in child malnutrition, with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) admissions increasing by 23% and Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM)...
In Numbers 4 million people (22 percent of Malawi’s population) will be food insecure through March 2026 60,000 refugees and asylum seekers have been assisted with cash-based transfers USD 93 million...
RISK ANALYSIS Prioritized hazard and its historical impact. Despite having one of the smallest greenhouse gas emissions footprints in the world, Malawi is considered highly vulnerable to climate...
Key Highlights The amount required for a typical household to meet the monthly survival needs, as monitored by the WFP Survival Minimum Expenditure Basket (SMEB), rose to MWK 237,500 in August 2025...
In Numbers 65,000 people (mostly children) have been treated for moderate acute malnutrition since September 2024 58,000 refugees and asylum seekers have been assisted with cash-based transfers USD...
In Numbers 60,000 people (mostly children) have been treated for moderate acute malnutrition since September 2024 58,000 refugees and asylum seekers have been assisted with cash-based transfers USD...
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Description of the Event Date when the trigger was met 29-01-2025 What happened, where and when? Following post-election unrest in Mozambique, Malawi has been hosting 7,456 asylum seekers across...
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Highlights Malawi recorded 309 cholera cases and 15 deaths, showing a declining trend, but continued vigilance is essential. The first Mpox case was confirmed on 17 April 2025. Most cases are mild...
In Numbers 53,500 people have been treated for moderate acute malnutrition treatment since September 2024 58,000 refugees and asylum seekers assisted with cash-based transfers USD31.4 million...
In Numbers 38,534.7 mt of maize distributed for El Niño response USD 3,331,312 in cash-based transfers distributed for El Niño response 1.6 million people assisted for El Niño response USD 38.6...
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Description of the crisis Malawi is one of the countries greatly affected by Tropical Cyclone Freddy, among others, Mozambique and Madagascar. On 4th March 2023, The Department of Climate Change and...
In Numbers 36,531 mt of maize distributed for El Niño response USD 3,331,312 in cash-based transfers distributed for El Niño response 1.6 million people assisted for El Niño response USD 22 million...
Section 2 Project Description 1. CHS Commitment 1. Summarize the crisis event and how it is likely to develop over the duration of the project. Karonga District in the Northern Region of Malawi...
Description of the Event Date of event 28-02-2024 What happened, where and when? Since the onset of the 2023/2024 rainy season, Malawi experienced multiple episodes of flooding, both fluvial and...
