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Malawi: hunger in a land of plenty
Mar 24, 2011
Paul Jeffrey reports on ACT Alliance work to battle food insecurity in Malawi
ACT in Malawi
ACT Alliance organisations meet in what we call a Forum to do joint analysis of the national situation, and joint planning.
Link through to Forum page in ACT Groups
Organisations with HQ in Malawi
- Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM)
- Churches Action in Relief and Development (CARD)
- Evangelical Lutheran Development Service
International organisations in Malawi
Organisations funding work in Malawi
- Bread for the World
- Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
- Church World Service (CWS)
- Church of Sweden
- Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH)
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM)
- Icelandic Church Aid
- Kerk In Actie
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
- Presbyterian World Service & Development
- United Church of Zambia
About Malawi
- Population: 15.3 million (UN, 2009)
- Capital: Lilongwe
- Area: 118,484 sq km (45,747 sq miles)
- Major languages: English, Chichewa (both official)
- Major religions: Christianity, Islam, traditional African religions
- Life expectancy: 52 years (men), 54 years (women) (UN)
- Monetary unit: 1 Malawi kwacha (MK) = 100 tambala
- Main exports: Tobacco, tea, sugar, cotton
- GNI per capita: US $290 (World Bank, 2008)