WPF's emergency food insecurity response benefits 3.8 mln people in Malawi

STORY: WPF's emergency food insecurity response benefits 3.8 mln people in Malawi DATELINE: Dec. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:58 LOCATION: Lilongwe CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of truck with relief food 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PAUL TURNBULL, WFP Country Director for Malawi 3. various of people in need of assistance 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chichewa): ELUBY TIMOTHY, Relief beneficiary 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PAUL TURNBULL, WFP Country Director for Malawi STORYLINE: The implementation of the 2022/23 Lean Season Food Insecurity Response Programme targeting food insecure households is underway in Malawi. Up to 3.8 million people in the southern African country are in need of assistance between the months of November 2022 and March 2023, requiring over 75 million U.S. dollars. Truckloads of maize and other relief items are parked outside district council offices in Chikwawa, south Malawi. The arrival of the trucks is a relief to over 47,000 people of food insecure households in the district in need of immedia

UN launches humanitarian appeal for Malawi

STORY: UN launches humanitarian appeal for Malawi DATELINE: March 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: CHIKWAWA, Malawi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a survivors camp in Chikwawa 2. various of survivors, structures in the camp 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RUDOLF SCHWENK, UN Acting Country Representative 4. various of survivors, structures in the camp 5. various of survivors, structures in the camp 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chichewa): THOM, Local leader STORYLINE: The United Nations (UN) is drumming up emergency funds support for Malawi, urgently seeking 29.4 million U.S. dollars to help 542,000 people hardest hit by Tropical Storm Ana for the next three months. Over 990,000 people urgently need humanitarian assistance and protection support in the southern African country, among others. The storm passed through many districts in southern Malawi in late January this year, leaving devastation and destruction in its wake. UN Acting Country Representative Rudolf Schwenk said among others the response will prov