Struggling to Feed a Community: Food Insecurity in Dzaleka

Dzaleka Refugee Camp faces severe food shortages, with rations reduced to basics and donor support waning.

Struggling to Feed a Community: Food Insecurity in Dzaleka
Photo: Carlos Martinez
Photographer
Carlos Martinez
Date photographed
12 July 2021
Location
Dzaleka Refugee Camp
Topics
Food Insecurity, World Food Program (WFP), Humanitarian Aid Challenges
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A girl in front of a makeshift food stall in Dzaleka. Providing food to the inhabitants of the enclosure is a priority that, for now, is only covered until August, according to the World Food Program. From June to December of last year, the rations - already limited to only the basics: corn, legumes and vegetable oil - had to be cut in half. “This is an almost forgotten story, and we did not get more donor support,” insists Mietek Maj, WFP’s Deputy Director in Malawi. Lack of food is the main complaint of the refugees.

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