Reports

ERF News The Emergency Response Fund (ERF) for Zimbabwe is appealing for US$3.5 million under CAP 2012 to support emergency projects in the country. At the beginning of the year, the ERF has a current balance of…

The Harare Residents’ Trust (HRT) is alarmed at the rate of suspected cholera outbreaks in residential areas, with the latest reports indicating that there is an outbreak in Kuwadzana and surrounding areas. Residents in the area are…

Key Points $268 million 2012 CAP launched for Zimbabwe while 2011 CAP closes at 45.9 per cent funding. $21.4 million urgently needed for food assistance programmes. 149 cases reported in anthrax outbreak affecting humans. Population of refugees and asylum seekers…

MHONDORO, 3 January 2012 (IRIN) - Barbra Phiri, 20, a single mother living on a farm settlement in rural Mhondoro, about 45km southwest of the Zimbabwean capital Harare, does not think twice about letting her two-year-old…

By Kathryn Paik* December 22, 2011—Water and sanitation are key to good hygiene practices, and good hygiene practices promote good health. The Nyadire Connection and the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) are working together to ensure…

Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Related Outbreaks 2011 to Date Diarrhoeal Diseases Cholera Chimanimani, Chiredzi and Chipinge Rotavirus Kadoma City (Urban and Rural) Acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) Kwekwe City (Urban and Rural) Other Diseases Typhoid fever Harare City

Support to Economic Recovery of Urban Households in Karoi town, Zimbabwe (CaLP Case Study) In the urban area of Karoi, Zimbabwe, Save the Children combined cash for work with livelihoods support to meet the immediate food needs and…

As world leaders meet for the next two weeks in Durban to discuss the fate of the many people affected by climate change, there is an alternative space that has been created at the University of…

HARARE, 12 December 2011 (IRIN) - Waterborne diseases, such as typhoid, dysentery and watery diarrhoea - all approaching epidemic levels - are creating concerns that conditions exist for a reprise of the 2008/09 cholera epidemic, which…

The UN and aid agencies appealed today for US$268 million to help feed 1.5 million people in Zimbabwe next year, as well as to address other urgent humanitarian needs. More than one in ten Zimbabweans will need…