Malawi Faces K71 Billion Disaster Relief Shortfall As Zimbabwe Donates Supplies

The Chief Secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet, Dr Justin Adack Saidi, has appealed for additional food and humanitarian assistance after the government confirmed a K71 billion funding shortfall in its disaster relief response.

Speaking in Lilongwe during the symbolic handover of food and non-food items donated by the Government of Zimbabwe, Saidi said Malawi’s National Lean Season Food Insecurity Response Plan, coordinated through the Department of Disaster Management Affairs…