Malawi

Malawi is exposed to a variety of natural hazards, with floods, strong winds, and droughts being the most frequent and impactful. The economy is predominantly agrarian, with about 85 percent of its population living in rural areas and engaged in smallholder rain-fed subsistence farming. People’s livelihoods will depend on the country’s resilience to climate change.

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Programme type: Country multi-year
Funding: $3 million
Duration: 2022-2026
Status: Ongoing

Key goals

  • Improved early warning dissemination and preparedness/response capacity.
  • Strengthened drought and flood early warning systems in the Shire basin.
  • Enhanced urban flood risk information and management.
  • Operationalization of the Risk Financing Strategy and improved financial capacity to respond timely to disasters.

Progress to date

  • The project is only now starting up in terms of the execution of activities that have been under preparation. With TC Freddy, the implementation of the project was delayed.

Burkina Faso, Oudalan Province, Sahel, Saouga, ATV vehicle crossing water on the track of Saouga to Gorom Gorom during the

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Bringing people-centred early warning approaches to life

With 85% of Malawi’s population in rural areas and mostly engaged in rain-fed subsistence farming, floods and drought mean devastation for families and economies. With little to limited access to information, technology, and finance, most at risk are displaced, women, children, and elderly people. How can CREWS Malawi ensure early warning systems and services are locally appropriate – and reach the most vulnerable, priority economic sectors and whole communities? Climate and flood early warning services will be co-designed and produced with those who need and use them. Community members, farmers, fisherfolk, the media, and disaster management personnel will be consulted from the offing – and regularly afterward. The frequency, content, and clarity of alerts and messages and dissemination effectiveness will be assessed. Inputs and feedback will be gathered from at least four different locations each time, ensuring geographic and linguistic coverage. Supplemented by information gleaned through an ongoing 2-way feedback platform, these consultations will be critical for tailored early warning services reaching the very last mile communities.

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