Reports

IOM response teams have been deployed to flood affected areas throughout Zimbabwe to bring assistance and assess the needs of thousands of homeless families.    In the northern low-lying Zambezi Valley district of Muzarabani, IOM has identified 220 households in…

HARARE, 7 January 2008 (IRIN) - A diarrhoea outbreak that has hit hundreds of people in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, is being attributed to a combination of factors, including a failure by the local city authority to provide clean…

HIGHLIGHTS - 2,832 refugees affected by flooding at Tongogara camp in Eastern Zimbabwe. - Floods in the Muzarabani (Zambezi Valley area) in northern Zimbabwe have stopped, according to the Government's Civil Protection Unit (CPU). - Traditionally flood prone areas such as Tsholotsho…

HIGHLIGHTS Government declares floods a state of disaster. No new figures. Approximately, 600 households (3,000 individuals), displaced / affected as at 18 December 2007. The situation is under control and assistance from the Government and humanitarian community continues to reach the people. Traditionally…

GLIDE no. FL-2007-000227-ZWE The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent response to emergencies.…

HIGHLIGHTS Approximately 600 households (3,000 individuals), displaced / affected as at 18 December 2007. Humanitarian assistance from the Government and humanitarian community has started reaching the people. Civil Protection Unit gives OCHA go ahead to initiate inter-agency assessment, if needed. See map on…

This appeal seeks CHF 3,526,535 (USD 3,154,324 or EUR 2,137,293) to fund the planned programmes that are to be implemented in 2008-2009. Current context The worsening souring macro-economic environment and the adverse effects of climate change present significant challenges to the already…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe continues to be impacted by a set of complex, overlapping and often worsening economic and social factors. Spiralling inflation, deteriorating physical infrastructure, the inability of the public sector to…

HIGHLIGHTS Food aid to scale up, see section III C food aid Two million children targeted for immunization, see section III C Health I. FUNDING Zimbabwe 2007 Consolidated Appeal Funding C Financial Tracking System as at 30 November 2007: Requested Funds: 395 million USD Funding…

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, 14 November 2007 Twice each day, Emily Ncube, 72, struggles to hoist a 25-litre bucket of water onto her head. It is a gruelling chore for the frail women but a better option, she says, than making…