Malawi: Government of Malawi through the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA) is working to address the hunger situation in the country. The organization is distributing maize to the communities in Kasungu District which are struggling with this crisis.
More than 50,000 households in the community are earmarked to benefit from the distribution exercise.
Member of Parliament for Kasungu North, Mike Bango helped in implementing the relief maize distribution exercise. The beneficiary communities reside in TA Kaluluma, Chisemphere, Kalikokha, Chisikwa and Chikwa in the district. The exercise was done on Saturday and was meant for the benefit of the people.
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Bango has appreciated the government for making the distribution maize possible. He said that they have recieved a huge response during the hunger crisis created by El Nino. The weather phenomenon has led to dry spells and poor harvest during the last season.
Group Village Head, Chisikwa expressed excitement with the donation and thanked government for the response.
“We are hungry here, not necessarily because of laziness, but because of the dry spells we experienced last year. Most families do not have food.
“However, I am glad that we have received the maize. This will help in the reduction of the pressure in our households and we are thankful to the government for this,” Chisikwa said.
He called on the beneficiaries to adopt eating habits that can assist in preserving food by avoiding wastefulness.
One of the beneficiaries, Witness Banda could not conceal her joy after receiving a bag of maize and said she and her family will now have something good to eat after a long period without proper food.
In Kasungu North, the administration has distributed 5014 bags of maize and the exercise expected to be done for two more months.
Kasungu is one of the the 23 districts which is in a state of disaster according to President Lazarus Chakwera. The announcement was made in March last year. This was done to mark an unsuccessful growing season in the district, which means.