World Food Program officials say they need one million tons of food to alleviate hunger in southern Africa, but they are not confident they will get it. In an appeal to the international community at the beginning of July, WFP officials asked for more than $0.5 billion to buy food. So far they have received only 20 percent of that. WFP's director for the southern Africa region, Judith Lewis, says the situation is getting desperate. "The window of opportunity to avert what could be a major humanitarian crisis is closing," she said. "We need more assistance now. We need food on the high seas now, or we need cash to buy commodities that are still available in southern Africa, so we can avert this major, major crisis." 
Akuluakulu a World Food program ati akufunika  ma tani 1 million a chakudya kuti achepetse njala ku mmwera kwa Afilika, koma iwo alibe chikhulupiliro kwenikweni kuti atha kuchipeza. Pempho lomwe anapempha ku gulu lapadziko lonse lapansi kumayambiliro kwa mwezi wa Julayi, akuluakulu a  WFP anapempha ndalama zopitilira 0.5 biliyoni zogulira chakudya. Koma pakadali pano iwo alandira gawo la 20 pelesenti la ndalamayo. Wotsogolera gulu la WFP ku mmwera kwa Afilika a Judith Lewis, anati vutoli likupita kuwasowetsa chiyembekezo. "Mwayi omwe unapezeka  othetsera  vuto lalikululi ukutsekedwa," iwo anatero. "Tikufuna chithandizo chochuluka tsopano. Tikufuna chakudya chochuluka kapena ndalama zoti tigulire katundu yemwe adakapezeka kummwera kwa Afilika kuti tichepetse vuto lalikululi.