| Summary USAID/Zimbabwe
is currently providing humanitarian assistance to the people of Zimbabwe for emergency
feeding during the current food crisis, to provide seeds to some of the poorest
farmers, and to help victims of torture and violence. The United Nations estimates
that more than 6 million people face extreme hunger and starvation. Since March
2002, the United States Government (USG) has contributed approximately 217,000
MT of food assistance to Zimbabwe, valued at US$111.6 million. The assistance
has been provided through the World Food Programme (WFP), World Vision (WV), Catholic
Relief Services (CRS), and through an NGO consortium of WV, CARE, and CRS, known
as C-SAFE (the Consortium for Southern African Famine Emergency). Activity
Profile World Food Programme (WFP) The
USG has contributed a total of 157,196 MT of food assistance in response to WFP’s
two emergency appeals. This assistance is valued at approximately US$79.3 million.
USG assistance amounts to approximately 43.4% of total contributions to WFP appeals.
WFP, through its implementing partners, is currently targeting 4.1 million beneficiaries
in 49 of Zimbabwe’s 57 districts. Consortium for Southern
African Famine Emergency
(C-SAFE) The C-SAFE program is a regional
food assistance program to Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi. The Zimbabwe program,
which began in January 2003, targets 664,746 beneficiaries in seven districts.
The program is expected to provide a total of 94,840 MT of food commodities with
an estimated total value of US$47,420,000. WV is the grantee, while CRS and CARE
are sub-grantees. World Vision (WV) WV
has been implementing a bilateral USAID/Food For Peace (FFP) food distribution
program in two districts and benefiting 97,440 people. FFP has provided WV with
19,710 MT of food commodities worth US$11,744,001. WV is also conducting a supplemental
feeding program for 147,000 extremely vulnerable beneficiaries in eight districts.
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) CRS is
currently implementing a supplementary feeding program funded by USAID/OFDA, valued
at approximately US$500,000. The supplementary feeding program targets 149,790
beneficiaries in 39 hospitals, which are members of the Zimbabwe Association of
Church-related Hospitals (ZACH) in 15 districts. The beneficiaries are growth-faltering
children, lactating mothers, and the chronically ill. USAID
Non-Food Assistance to Zimbabwe Since March 2002, the USG has provided
more than US$3.5 million of non-food assistance to Zimbabwe. This total assistance
has been provided through five implementing partners: the United Nations’ Office
for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), WFP, CARE International, CRS,
and WVI. UNDP/Zimbabwe Relief and Recovery Unit (RRU) Since
March 2002, USAID/OFDA has provided US$881,525 through UN OCHA to support the
UNDP Relief and Recovery Unit (RRU). The RRU serves as the primary point of coordination
for humanitarian activities in Zimbabwe, consisting of information collection
and sharing, Internally Displaced Persons monitoring, government liaison, and
inter-agency coordination functions. WFP In
FY 2003, USAID/OFDA provided US$100,000 to WFP to support the second round of
the emergency Vulnerability Assessments in Zimbabwe (ZimVAC). ZimVAC is
regionally coordinated by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Food,
Agriculture, and Natural Resources (FANR) Unit, with the cooperation of international
partners. Agricultural Reform Program
CARE International In FY 2002, USAID/OFDA
provided more than US$945,000 to CARE International to support agricultural recovery.
CARE’s Emergency Agricultural Recovery Project (EARP) seeks to improve agricultural
recovery coping mechanisms of vulnerable farm households in 5 districts. The
EARP distributed 950 MT of maize seed to more than 90,000 families. CRS CRS,
in collaboration with the Community Technologies Development Trust, a local NGO,
supported agricultural recovery/mitigation, through the organization of 21 seed
trade fairs from October through December 2002. More than 300 metric tons of
seeds were traded, benefiting 25,500 communal farmers. WVI In
FY2002, USAID/OFDA provided approximately US$550,000 to WVI for agricultural recovery
activities. WVI distributed 450 MT of seeds to more than 30,000 beneficiaries.
WVI also provides extension services to beneficiary families to maximize returns
on investment in farm inputs. Implementing Partners Humanitarian
Assistance has been provided through a number of implementing partners including,
World Food Program, World Vision International, Catholic Relief Services and CARE
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