Family Planning Association of Malawi (FPAM) says it has accumulated debts amounting to K660 million, largely due to the withdrawal of the US government funding.
FPAM Board Chairperson, Mercy Paundi, made the remarks in Lilongwe during the organisation’s 23rd Annual Delegates conference(ADC).
Paundi said FPAM had two USAID funded projects running from 2022 to 2027 but they were terminated in February.
According to her, this resulted in the reduction of the organisations budget for staff salaries as the two projects contributed 44 percent of staff costs.
She said the situation forced the organisation to lay off all project staff under the two projects and scale down its interventions.
”There are communities that rely on FPAM to access sexual and reproductive health services and the withdrawal of from these communities has created a significant gap in accessing the services,” said Paundi.
The Board Chairperson added that the organisation is facing an existential threat and identifying new means of generating revenue is a critical requirement for survival.
Meanwhile, FPAM says it has closed its clinics in Dedza, Mangochi and Mzuzu due to lack of resources to support their operations.
The 2025 Annual Delegates Conference is taking place under the theme resilience and innovation; sustaining SRHR in the face of funding challenges.
