AFAP is working with our Malawi partner, Concern Universal Malawi, to assist 5,000 poor households improve their farming techniques so that they are less vulnerable to drought. Development work is also focused on increasing family nutrition, providing better access to health care, and on ensuring that families have access to safe water no further than 2km from their homes.
AFAP Project:
Masasa Integrated Sustainable Livelihoods Project
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Malawi
Small landlocked country: about 0.12 m sq km (roughly half the size of Victoria).
Twenty per cent of the country consists of Lake Malawi, Africa’s third largest lake.
Population: about 13 million
Poverty Report
Human Development Index for 2006: ranked 166 out of 177 countries
Percentage of population living on less than $2/day: 76%
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