Children's charity Mary's Meals will share in £200,000 of Scottish Government funding to help tackle hunger in Malawi.

The cash will be split between the Glasgow-based charity and Unicef after the country's worst flooding in 50 years.

It will be used to help feed people dealing with the long-term impacts of the crisis in early 2015.

Flooding, droughts and the following drop in food production have caused 2.83 million people, including one million children, to lose reliable access to sufficient food, according to the Scottish Government.

In December, more than 7500 people needed medical treatment for malnutrition.

Martin Swinchatt, country director of Mary's Meals Malawi, said: "The floods at the beginning of last year were some of the worst Malawi has ever seen, and many people lost their homes and livelihood.

"Since then, erratic weather, drought and widespread crop failure have all contributed to the current food crisis and maize prices are incredibly high."

Lucinda Rivers, head of Unicef UK in Scotland, said the charity was "immensely grateful" for the funding, which would make a "significant difference" to children affected by the crisis.

She added: "In the past few months our humanitarian work has included screening over 230,000 children under the age of five and treating almost 13,500 children who were seriously malnourished.

International development minister Humza Yousaf said: "Having access to safe, sufficient, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle should be an automatic right.

"This funding will help those most in need. We are committed to doing all we can to help our friends in Malawi to overcome the effects of the devastating floods."