Bread of Life International

Since May of 2003 we have made a difference to over six thousand people in famine stricken Malawi, Africa. Many children and adults are in great need of food and medical attention. Through our association with the missionaries of Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada and local African churches, food distribution was arranged and carried out in 2003, 2004 and 2005. It is estimated that five to six million people will die in Malawi by April of 2006 if relief efforts are not met.

Help Needed for Famine-Stricken Malawi

Written by Mason Booth, Staff Writer, RedCross.org

“There’s just nothing growing. Looking around, the entire landscape is dry and barren. We only have enough food for the most severely affected people, but when we deliver the rations, we look at the rest of the population and think, ‘How many more are going to die until we have enough to feed you all?’”

“I do not think he will make it,” says Ludia, of her 3-year-old son Zione in the Malawian village Phwetekera. Zione is just one of millions of African children whose lives are threatened by the severe food shortage."

`Famine-stricken Southern Africa`

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has warned that almost four million people in Southern Africa are in urgent need of food aid. Speculation by observers has pinpointed drought conditions and a reduction in the amount of crops planted in the region as the cause.

updated 11/2005