Reports

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated August 26, 2009. BACKGROUND Humanitarian conditions for most Zimbabweans remain difficult due to the country's economic…

A year after the onset of the largest ever epidemic of cholera in Africa, the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Karel De Gucht, has visited EU-funded humanitarian projects in Zimbabwe. Touring the Prince Edward Dam Water Works in Chitungwiza,…

In Mufakose on the outskirts of Harare, burnt out cars lay abandoned, children run barefoot, refuse litters the streets and women sit patiently in the hope of selling a few tomatoes. There is little to distinguish Mufakose from other high-density…

BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) From August 2008 to July 2009, Africa's largest cholera outbreak in 15 years struck Zimbabwe, resulting in nearly 4,300 deaths and nearly 98,600 cases nationwide. Poorly…

By Daniel Dickinson It is a year since the biggest outbreak of cholera in living memory in Africa began in Zimbabwe, an epidemic which led to over 98,500 people being infected almost 4300 deaths. A breakdown in the country's water…

By Daniel Dickinson Patience has had to live up to her name. After years of poor or non-existent water supplies to her neighbourhood in the town of Chitungwiza, just out side the Zimbabwean capital Harare, there is finally a reliable…

IP/09/1308 Brussels, 13 September 2009 - Karel De Gucht, the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, is making his first visit to EU-funded operations today, in Zimbabwe. On his agenda are two humanitarian projects implemented by partners of the Commission's…

European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Karel De Gucht will undertake a joint visit to Zimbabwe as part of an EU Troika mission with the Swedish EU Presidency on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September. The joint-EU mission aims…

CARE is upgrading water and sanitation facilities at health centers in Zimbabwe in an effort to help prevent large-scale cholera outbreaks in the future. The new project, funded by the European Union - ECHO will upgrade water and sanitation…

This report covers the period 01 January 2009 to 30 June 2009 In brief Programme purpose: Zimbabwe Red Cross Society's (ZRCS) programmes are responsive to the humanitarian challenges in country, thus seek to alleviate the suffering of the most vulnerable people through…