Southern Africa Floods - WFP Response 2015

March 2015 - Heavy seasonal rains in south-eastern Africa have led to serious flooding in Malawi and Mozambique damaging infrastructure and displacing tens of thousands of families. Overall more than one million people have been affected by the flooding of whom nearly 400 000 have been displaced from their homes. Damage to crops and the inability to replant until the flooding subsides further threatens longer-term food security in the affected areas particularly in Malawi. With DFATD’s support and that of other donors the World Food Programme (WFP) is helping to meet the emergency food assistance and early recovery needs of up to 368 000 flood-affected people in Malawi. Project activities include: (1) general food distribution for flood-affected households; (2) supplementary rations for households with members vulnerable to malnutrition; (3) food-for-work / cash-for-work activities to support livelihoods of affected households; and (4) school feeding activities to encourage flood-affected households to keep their children in school.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved food security; (2) decreased malnutrition; (3) protected livelihoods; and (4) continued access to school for flood-affected Malawian households. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crisis or acute food insecurity.