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The U.N. World Food Programme estimates that more than 12 million people in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe are in danger of death by starvation. The causes are a mixture of natural and human-made factors: devastating floods, extended drought, poverty, political instability, infrastructure inadequacy and an HIV/Aids infection rate of near-epidemic proportions. Hege Opseth of Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the international alliance of churches and relief agencies Action by Churches Together (ACT), took these photographs in July. 
Photo by Hege Opseth (NCA)/ACT International
In the Zomba district in southern Malawi, the number of children attending school has risen nearly 40 percent since food distribution started. 
Photo by Hege Opseth (NCA)/ACT International
Children line up for porridge at Nansambo Primary School. The meal they have at school is often the only food they get.
Photo by Hege Opseth (NCA)/ACT International
Bridget and Margareth suffer from severe malnourishment, making them vulnerable to illness and disease. 
Photo by Hege Opseth (NCA)/ACT International
Every week 150 malnourished children come to CCAP's Masaula Centre to be weighed. 
Photo by Hege Opseth (NCA)/ACT International
A young mother waits for care with her child in a clinic at Chifondo.
Photo by Hege Opseth (NCA)/ACT International
Eight-year-old Alekeni's younger brother died of starvation at the end of May. The next harvest is ruined and the family now wait for relief.
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Photo by Hege Opseth (NCA)/ACT International
In the Zomba district in southern Malawi, the number of children attending school has risen nearly 40 percent since food distribution started.
Photo by Hege Opseth (NCA)/ACT International
Children line up for porridge at Nansambo Primary School. The meal they have at school is often the only food they get.
Photo by Hege Opseth (NCA)/ACT International
Bridget and Margareth suffer from severe malnourishment, making them vulnerable to illness and disease.
Photo by Hege Opseth (NCA)/ACT International
Every week 150 malnourished children come to CCAP's Masaula Centre to be weighed.
Photo by Hege Opseth (NCA)/ACT International
A young mother waits for care with her child in a clinic at Chifondo.
Photo by Hege Opseth (NCA)/ACT International
Eight-year-old Alekeni's younger brother died of starvation at the end of May. The next harvest is ruined and the family now wait for relief.
