Famine

Funds given through MACS are being used for:

• families in special need, identified by local congregations and community leaders
• nutrition clinics at four hospitals and 14 health centres
• orphan groups started by rural churches but caring for orphans of all faiths

MACS also supports long term sustainable food security through:

• Supporting the lakeshore permaculture (permanent agriculture) gardens, part of the Malindi Orphan Care Group project and similar projects. These gardens, irrigated by hand or treadle pump, demonstrate that year round production of Chinese cabbage, rape, carrots, beans and tomatoes can be achieved without the need for expensive artificial fertiliser.
• Encouraging kitchen gardens run using permaculture principles. These are attached to houses and are watered by 'grey' water, e.g. bath water and fertilised by kitchen waste. They produce the same range of nutritious crops as the lakeshore permaculture gardens all year round and are less likely to be stolen than field crops.
• Backing the government plan for dry-season crops in 'dambos' (wetlands), for which a special starter-pack was distributed in May to a small number of farmers.

Find out the facts on famine in Malawi