Death, Disease and Natural Disaster:
Misfortune Runs Rampant in Malawi
The nation of Malawi fights many battles: HIV/AIDS, unpredictable weather, poor crops, extreme poverty and more. Ultimately all these factors lead to malnutrition, creating a nation of hurting people; a nation with one of the highest HIV infection rates in the world; a nation with a life expectancy of 40 years; a nation of orphans. We have heard their cries and have teamed with Global Assistance and Iris Africa to reach the hungry, the hurting and the lost.
Ravaged by malnutrition, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, the people of Malawi fight
many battles to survive. The HIV infection rate is one of the highest in the world. The life expectancy of someone born in Malawi is around 40 years. Nearly half of the population is under 15 years old. That is why Feeding the Nations has joined with Global Assistance and Iris Africa to reach these hungry, hurting and lost people.
Together we have been reaching the Bangula area with food and hope. Each year, volunteers travel from village to village in search of the most needy, compiling a list of 1,500 families who will receive a portion of the shipments a total of 131,100 pounds (813,000 meals) of dehydrated rice casserole meals fortified with vitamins this year 2009. Then on the 15th of each month, 3,200 children, widows, elderly, handicapped, blind and other vulnerable people, arrive to receive food distributions and learn how to properly prepare the meals. Some travel up to 10 kilometers to receive nine packets of rice meal per familyvital nutrition for families who have no other way of receiving sufficient nourishment.
The people of the Bangula area need our assistance. Often an entire generation is missing from a family unit because of disease. Small children must live with aunts or grandparents because their parents have abandoned them due to death, illness or other inabilities. The area relies on farming to meet their needs and provide for their livelihood, but drought and heavy rains wreak havoc on the crops. Even in good years, Malawi still has a food shortage. In the fall of 2008, the availability of maize, a staple food, dwindled and the price more than doubled. Malawi needs our continued support. Please click here and join with us to reach these people.