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Article: Bracing for famine in southern Africa.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- May 21, 2002
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Byline: Andrew Maykuth
MTUMODZI, Malawi _ Normally, Mutithelanji Kaundama would be feasting on the harvest from her small farm. But in the scarcity brought on by drought, Kaundama's family was forced to eat its stunted corn crop a few months ago, before it ripened.
"I had green maize but we ate all of it to survive, so there was nothing left to harvest," said Kaundama, wrapped in a thin, soiled cloth to ward off the autumn chill as she sat outside the Chankhungu Health Center, where she brought her malnourished 3-year-old son for therapeutic feeding.
Still, Kaundama was better off than some. At least she survived the months of scarcity before ...