Malawi protracted relief and recovery operation 10586.0 focuses on disaster risk reduction and protecting the livelihoods of food-insecure and vulnerable people. WFP assistance will address the food needs of households enduring successive shocks to health, food production and income that are at risk of hunger and poverty.
Life-saving support will be given to people made food insecure by HIV/AIDS and to households with transitory food needs as a result of shocks. Sustainability will be achieved through strategic partnerships with the Government, communities and stakeholders.
WFP assistance will concentrate on nutrition support for malnourished children, pregnant and lactating women, chronically ill people and their families, patients on anti-retroviral therapy and tuberculosis patients. WFP will work with the Government, United Nations and non-governmental organization partners to protect and improve the livelihoods of people in highly food-insecure communities.
The objectives of this operation are to:
WFP assistance contributes to the Government’s growth and development strategy, particularly the social protection and disaster management pillar, by protecting vulnerable people from the effects of economic shocks and natural disasters increasing the assets of the poor and caring for the most vulnerable.
The operation will contribute to Millennium Development Goals 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7. WFP will collaborate with partners to monitor household, community and national food security indicators to determine when to phase down and to decide on the best way of handing over.
The components of this operation are linked so that beneficiaries can shift from free food distributions to food for assets; linkages with other food security and safety net programmes supported by the Government and the United Nations will allow beneficiaries to transfer to other types of assistance.
