The Adventist Development and Relief Agency has begun a three-month distribution of emergency food supplies in Tsabango, Kalumba, and Kalumbu, in the rural area near Lilongwe, Malawi. The supplies will benefit about 25,000 people in more than 5,000 households.

“Now that the food produced during the last harvest is running out, we expect the number of people needing food to increase rapidly during the next two months,” says David Gronert, ADRA’s country director for Malawi.

Each month through December, beneficiaries will be given a month’s supply of maize, beans, and a flour mixture made from corn and groundnuts. ADRA staff members are working closely with local authorities to determine those with greatest needs and the most vulnerable, including pregnant women, children, and the ill.

Several million people throughout southern Africa are living with food shortages caused by prolonged periods of drought that alternated with flooding. The World Food Programme funded this project.