USAID has provided assistance to Malawi since the early 1960s, with total funding above $1 billion through 2008. We now have a substantial program in Malawi providing about $80-100 million annually in development assistance which is implemented with an integrated strategic approach across technical areas.
Our primary focus is to promote the political and economic development of Malawi, decrease the country’s dependence on humanitarian assistance and increase its ability to make positive contributions to regional security and the global community more broadly.
USAID/Malawi supports four main objectives:
- Investing in people, through improving social services in health and education,
- Promoting economic growth to combat poverty and reduce the country’s dependence on donor assistance,
- Governing justly and democratically, and
- Humanitarian assistance.
Our strategy is aligned with the Government of Malawi’s strategic priorities as set out in its 2006 – 2011 Malawi Growth and Development Strategy and it incorporates major U.S. initiatives, such as the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Presidential Malaria Initiative (PMI), the Initiative to End Hunger in Africa, the African Global Competitiveness Initiative and the Millennium Challenge Account.
We have an office managing this program in the capital city of Lilongwe and employ about 100 staff. Our employees include a small contingent of U.S. Foreign Service Officers as well as technical, management and support staff recruited from Malawi, the United States and other countries.
The USAID program is implemented in partnership with the Government of Malawi, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), other USG agencies, including Center for Disease Control, U.S. private voluntary organizations, including Peace Corps, contractors and other partners.
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