When Lake Chilwa dried up more than two years ago, people began walking, and even cycling, across its cracked bed to reach Chisi Island.

The dramatic shrinkage of the lake, Malawi’s second largest, dealt a heavy blow to surrounding fishing communities, stripping them of their main source of food and income.

For families who relied on daily catches to survive, the disappearance of the water meant not only economic hardship but growing food insecurity, as livelihoods built around the lake collapsed.

–ChannelAfrica–