A malnourished child in a refugee camp in Bangula. Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world with high levels of child hunger, that is being hugely exacerbated by climate change. In mid January 2015, a three day period of excessive rain brought unprecedented floods to the African country of Malawi. It displaced nearly quarter of a million people, devastated 64, 000 hectares of land, and killed several hundred people.