{"id":53737,"date":"2023-12-03T19:49:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T19:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-needs-k240-billion-for-lean-season-response"},"modified":"2023-12-03T19:54:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T19:54:14","slug":"malawi-needs-k240-billion-for-lean-season-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/malawi-needs-k240-billion-for-lean-season-response","title":{"rendered":"Malawi needs K240 billion for lean season response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) says Malawi needs US$226 million (over K240 billion) to support 4.4 million people who are food insecure for the next six months from October 01, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (MVAC) projects that 4.4 million people, representing 22 percent of the total population, are facing food shortage.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner for Disaster Management Affairs, Charles Kalemba, told journalists in Lilongwe on Wednesday, when the department received a US$500,000 cash donation from the King Salman Relief Centre of Saudi Arabia, that the food shortage situation is expected to worsen from October 2023 to March 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He hailed King Salman Relief Centre for the donation, saying it has come at the right time and will go a long way towards assisting people in need of food as the country is now entering the lean season. According to Kalemba, the donated money has already been transferred to DoDMA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) says Malawi needs US$226 million (over K240 billion) to support 4.4 million people who are food insecure for the next six months from October 01, 2023. 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