By Kondwani Kandiado
World Vision Malawi on Friday launched ‘Enough’ campaign project to ensure that households are food secure to end child hunger and malnutrition.
This is a three year program which seeks to end hunger in Malawi in line with the 2030 sustainable development goals number 2 which seeks to create a hunger free world.
Speaking during the launch at Kalulu Primary School ground in the area of Traditional Authority Kapondo in Mchinji, minister of Gender, Community Development and Social welfare, Jean Muonaoauza Sendeza said the programe was key in hunger fight.
“This program is crucial because we are targeting children because the problem of stunting usually affects children within their 1000 days,” she said.
Sendeza said the programme is also crucial saying it will help fight absentism among children which is mostly escalated by hunger.
“This project will ensure that all children are well attended to with regards to issues of malnutrition and will help keep the children in school,” she said.
She observed that lack of knowledge on how to prepare nutritious food among most households in the country is a challenge.
World Vision Malawi National Director Francis Dube observed that Malawi had been affected by disasters hence making it prone to shrinking food production.
He said the campaign aims at raising resources to support critical nutritional support programmes to help alleviate malnutrition and stunting among children.
“We are also challenging policy makers to help promote food security programs in the country,” said Dube.
Traditional Authority Kapondo applauded World Vision Malawi for the initiative saying it will help fight malnutrition in her area.
The project will be implemented in all 36 area programs where World Vision is implementing its programs across the 28 districts in the country. In the financial year 2023, World Vision invested around 58 million dollars of which 41 % went towards activities that directly contributed to ending child hunger and malnutrition. In the three years of the campaign implementation, the organisation is adding a tune of 3,827,983 million US dollars towards the campaign.
Pic: Sendeza and world vision officials during the launch.
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