Malawi - Emergency Humanitarian Assistance to Mitigate the Effects of the 2015/2016 Drought

The present operation concerns the Emergency Humanitarian Assistance to Mitigate the Effects of the 2015/2016 Drought. This assistance is designed because the scale of prolonged floods overwhelmed the capacity of Government to provide the required food assistance to the 2,833,212 affected people in 2015 and the subsequent effects of the climatic phenomenon "El Nino" have further increased the need for further assistance to the affected households. The present assistance contribute and supplement government's efforts to alleviate the suffering of these affected households through the provision of relief food assistance to help save lives and protect the affected people’s livelihoods. The total revised funding requirement including the additional 32,000 increase and April extension is USD 110,953,031. The Bank Group contribution to the operation is US$ 1,000,000.00. These resources should also be used for Landside Transport, Storage and Handling (LTSH), supervision and auditing. The white maize should be distributed to 280,559 people in Mangochi, Mzimba, Dedza and Blantyre rural districts over a period of one month.