The Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) has assured hunger stricken families targeted to benefit from the 2022/23 lean season response in Lulanga and Makanjira in Mangochi district that they will start receiving their provisions from next week.

Zodiak understands that a whole village of 302 hunger-stricken households in Thyolo has received only five 50 Kg bags of maize to share among themselves for January and February in responding to Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee, MVAC report.