Vice-President Michael Usi has donated various items to needy households in Mulanje District as part of celebrating the festive season.
He noted that the heat wave has severely damaged crops, especially maize; hence, decided to cheer people.
Usi also assured them that those severely affected will be assisted with food relief through the Lean Season Food Insecurity Response Programme.
Said the Vice-President: “Today, I was supposed to be in Lilongwe carrying out official duties, but I am here distributing foodstuffs because I want you too to enjoy the festive season.”
A beneficiary Liness Dayilo, from Ngolowera Village in Traditional Authority Chikumbu, thanked Usi for the donation saying it was timely as people in the area are facing hunger.
“We have been relying on mangoes for food, but they are seasonal and they are now finished. We need food assistance urgently,” she said.
During the visit, Usi gave elderly women two bags of fertiliser and maize seed while other community members received clothes, maize flour and other foodstuffs.
