With an estimated population of 13.9 million people, Malawi is a land-locked country in southern Africa. Malawi faces several social problems including poverty, where 63 percent of the population lives under US$2 a day, and a high HIV/AIDS infection rate. The Hunger Project has been working in Malawi since 1999 and is currently empowering over 99,000 partners in Malawi in seven epicenter communities that include 165 villages.
The African Woman Food Farmer Initiative (AWFFI) microfinance program is designed to address the critical missing link for the end of hunger in Africa: the economic empowerment of
Among its major accomplishments, the Jali epicenter community food bank sold a total of 26.6 metric tons of maize grain, and it earned a total of K622,750 from the sales, bringing the food bank savings to a total of K1,482,077.11.
Sanaz Memarsadeghi, AWFFI Program Officer, visits epicenters in Jali, Nchalo, Mpingo, Nsondole, and Ligowe, to report on microfinance progress in Malawi.
