Reports

The Government of Japan provided emergency relief goods, namely 500 tents, 40 plastic sheets, 40 water purifiers and 800 portable jerry cans. This is in response to the damage caused by the recent floods and cyclone and in…

Main Objective of the assessment The main purpose of the Inter-Agency rapid assessment was to ascertain the scale and scope of the flooding situation focusing on key areas/sectors namely shelter and non-food items, Health and nutrition, Food…

Appeal History: • On 16 September 2015, the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS), with support from the IFRC, launched an Emergency Appeal to support 2,166 households (10,830 beneficiaries) with immediate humanitarian assistance to address the effects of…

Overview A severe drought, associated with the El Niño phenomena, resulted in a humanitarian emergency in which an estimated 40 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Vulnerability assessments and analysis indicated that 23 million required…

Highlights By the end of January 2017, 1,123 children aged 0-59 months had been treated for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the 20 priority districts with high global acute malnutrition (GAM) levels of 5% and above. From mid-January…

Harare, 07 March 2017 – As a result of heavy flooding induced by Cyclone Dineo, to date 251 people have been reported dead, over 2000 people displaced, livelihoods disrupted, and infrastructure including roads, bridges, schools,…

The 2016/2017 La Nina season is in contra distinction to the 2015/2016 season characterised by the El Nino phenomenon. In essence, this entails an astounding shift from a drought condition to an excessively wet situation. By…

Key Points Food consumption has worsened in Harare but has improved in Bulawayo and Masvingo Three quarters of rural households are restricting adult food consumption to cope with the lack of food compared with two-thirds of urban households More…

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster Tropical Cyclone Dineo (Category 1) moved south-west over the Mozambique Channel towards southern Zimbabwe. Forecasts issued by the Meteorological Services Department of Zimbabwe (MSDZ) indicated that the country will experience tropical cyclone-type rainfall…

Gibbs Dube WASHINGTON DC — The United States Government has provided an additional US$4 million in response to drought-affected areas in Zimbabwe, targeting people living with HIV in the most severely affected areas of the country. In a…