Malawi is a landlocked country in sub-Saharan Africa. She shares boundaries with Zambia to the Northwest, Tanzania to the North and Northeast and Mozambique to the East, South and Southwest. The country is divided into three regions namely; Northern, Central and Southern. Malawi is predominantly an agricultural economy. Around 40% of the population is poor; living on less than one US dollar a day (actual amount is $ 33 cents = MK44), in 2007. Over 4 million children across the country live in poverty, which is deep and widespread, characterised by low income, low literacy, food insecurity and high rates of child malnutrition. About 36% of children under the age of five are stunted. The growing HIV/AIDS crisis compounds poverty to increase poor people's vulnerability to risks and shocks. Nearly 13% of the country's 7.3 million children under the age of 18 have lost their parents of caregivers, many to HIV/AIDS. More than 50 percent of children who should be in primary school have dropped out of school because of poverty, hunger and cultural barriers.>> More