God's Wrath Revealed Against Malawi

Unemployment

30,000-35,000 jobs are created each year for roughly 200,000 job seekers. According to one local official, "Urban unemployment causes poverty, and because of such poverty, people are not capable of paying for services such as health and education."

Malawi traditionally suffers from weather-related disasters, particularly droughts and floods. Floods have worsened over the last few years. Previously to 2001, only nine districts were classified as flood prone. In 2001, 16 of Malawi’s 28 districts were affected, and 14 were affected in 2002. By the end of January 2003, there was localized flooding in 22 districts, causing eight deaths, damaged homes, and crops. In the last two years, adverse climatic conditions, chronic poverty (greater than 65 percent of the population lives below the poverty line), reliance on a single crop, and a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS has resulted in a humanitarian crisis situation that has affected 3.5 million people.

December 6-20, 2009 – Series of at least 6.0 earthquakes kill 4 and injure 260 and left 4,600 households in need of urgent humanitarian assistance, causing a declaration of national emergency.

December 22, 2005 through February 7, 2006 – Floods kill 23; displace 50,000 due to heavy rain.

In 2005, Malawi faced its worst food shortage in over a decade, with more than 4 million people, 34% of the population, without adequate food supplies.

March 2, 2001 – Floods kill 5 and displace 200,000.

March 10, 1989 – Magnitude 6.6 quake killed 9 and injured 100 in central Malawi. 50,000 were left homeless.