MALAWI

Malawi’s single major natural resource, agricultural land, is under severe pressure from rapid population growth. Tens of thousands of Malawians die of Aids annually.

With one of the highest adult prevalence rates in the world, the epidemic has exacerbated social problems as diverse as food security and human resource capacity. After years of silence, the authorities finally spoke out about the crisis. A programme to tackle HIV and Aids was launched in 2004, with President Muluzi revealing that his brother had died from the disease.

For three decades Malawi’s destiny had been tied to the whims of its totalitarian president-for-life, Kamuzu Banda, who encouraged people to betray relatives who criticised his rule.
In the mid-1990s he buckled under popular pressure to hold elections, and lost - finally giving Malawians a taste for multi-party democracy.

HISTORY OF GOAL IN MALAWI:

GOAL has been implementing programmes in Malawi since 2002.

In 2007, a deadly combination of chronic poverty, bad weather, bad harvests, and the high prevalence of HIV and Aids left almost 5 million people in need of food aid. GOAL began distributing monthly rations of maize, oil and beans to over 34,000 households in Nsanje district.

CURRENT GOAL PROGRAMMES:

• Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
• Poverty Reduction
• Cholera Response and Prevention
• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
• HIV and Aids