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Madagascar
Strengthening and Accessing Livelihood Opportunities for Household Impact (SALOHI)
Implementer: Catholic Relief Services
Duration: July 2009 – June 2014
Funding: $79,364,000
On May 19, 2009 USAID’s Office of Food For Peace (FFP) approved a Development Program designed to respond to severe chronic and transitory food insecurity in 544 vulnerable communities in eastern and southern Madagascar. The program focuses on improving maternal and child health, nutrition, water and sanitation, and agricultural productivity. The Strengthening and Accessing Livelihood Opportunities for Household Impact (SALOHI) Program will be implemented over five years by a consortium of four international NGOs (ADRA, CARE, CRS and Land O’Lakes) led by Catholic Relief Services.
Malawi
The Wellness and Agriculture for Life Advancement
Implementer: Catholic Relief Services
Duration: October 2009–September 2014
Funding: $81,800,000
To prevent and mitigate food insecurity in Malawi, Food For Peace is funding a five year Title II Development Program. The Wellness and Agriculture for Life Advancement (WALA) program aims to achieve improved food security for 214,974 chronically food insecure households in 39 Traditional Authorities within 5 livelihood zones in Southern Malawi by 2014. In implementing this program, CRS leads a consortium comprised of ACDI/VOCA, Africare, Emmanuel International, Project Concern International, the Salvation Army, Save the Children, and World Vision. The program focuses on improving childhood nutrition, agricultural production, and communities’ resiliency.
Mozambique
Implementer: ADRA, World Vision, Food for the Hungry, and Save the Children
Duration: October 2008 September 2013
Funding to Date: $79,100,000
Food for Peace is funding four distinct programs in Mozambique covering 30 districts in Zambezia, Cabo and Nampula Provinces with for implementing partners: World Vision, ADRA, Save the Children and Food for the Hungry. These four Development Programs work to improve the food security situation for approximately 480,000 beneficiaries. The programs interventions are designed to improve agricultural production, health and nutrition and disaster mitigation.
Zimbabwe
Promoting Recovery in Zimbabwe (PRIZE)
Implementer: Catholic Relief Services
Duration: July 2010–June 2012
Funding: $38,600,000 (2011)
Catholic Relief Services (CRS), in consortium with ACDI/VOCA and CARE, is implementing the two-year Promoting Recovery in Zimbabwe (PRIZE) Project, which aims to reduce the food insecurity of vulnerable individuals in eight districts of Zimbabwe by June 2012. PRIZE is an Emergency Program designed to re-establish food security for 91,605 vulnerable rural households in Zimbabwe. During the two years of project implementation, PRIZE will conduct a large set of activities that will contribute to the realization of two a) the satisfaction of immediate food needs of vulnerable households, and b) the immediate re-establishment of food security for small farmers through the construction of productive agriculture-related assets and training activities.
Emergency Food Security Program (EFSP)
Implementer: Numerous
Duration: Typically six months or less
Funding: $300 million globally
Food For Peace’s EFSP program is available for emergency food security funding for cash-based food assistance, including local and regional purchase of food, and other interventions, such as food voucher and cash transfer programs to facilitate the availability of and/or access to food. These funds have been used in several countries within Southern Africa and are strictly for quick reaction emergency efforts following a shock (drought, flood, cyclone, etc). Resources are used to locally and/or regionally procure commodities, cash transfers and food vouchers; or a combination of both.
OFFICE OF FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
Regional Programs
Land and Livelihoods Restoration through Holistic Management
Implementer: Africa Centre for Holistic Management (ACHM)
Duration: January 2010 – December 2013
Funding: $5.9 million (cumulative since FY 2010)
USAID/OFDA is supporting the restoration of degraded watersheds and pasture and the enhancement of water supplies and food security in southern Africa through ACHM. ACHM promotes a holistic land management approach, which re-establishes the symbiotic balance between plant growth, soil-building, and herd animals, thereby improving land productivity and water retention and reducing the risk of disaster in participating communities. The program directly benefits nearly 76,000 people in Zimbabwe and works to train relief agency staff from other nations in the region, including Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia, in holistic land management methods to encourage wider adoption of the approach.
Regional Girls in Risk Reduction Leadership (G.I.R.R.L.) Program
Implementer: CARE, with sub-awardee The African Centre for Disaster Studies at North-West University
Duration: April 2012 – April 2013
Funding: $169,948
With USAID/OFDA support, CARE and the African Centre for Disaster Studies are implementing the G.I.R.R.L. project, a regional learning and pilot activity in southern Africa. The project provides technical assistance and promotes the integration of DRR approaches for adolescent girls into existing and proposed DRR programs and policies. Pilot interventions in Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe seek to engage adolescent girls in identifying vulnerabilities and risks experienced. More than 4,000 participants, comprising girls, government officials, and non-governmental organization (NGO) staff, are working to address challenges faced by girls in disaster and post-disaster situations.
Coordination and Advocacy for Conservation Agriculture in Southern Africa
Implementer: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Duration: January 2012 – March 2013
Funding: $750,000
Through a regional conservation agriculture coordination and advocacy project, USAID/OFDA is working to increase awareness and adoption of conservation agriculture techniques—farming practices that promote soil and water conservation and reduce losses during drought. Demonstration sites throughout southern Africa allow local communities, government and NGO staff, and policymakers to learn first-hand about the drought-mitigating benefits of conservation agriculture. FAO is also coordinating additional activities and conducting policy analysis on conservation agriculture.
Coordination of Food and Agricultural Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Implementer: FAO
Duration: January 2012 – March 2013
Funding: $800,000
With USAID/OFDA support, FAO is facilitating the coordination of food security and agricultural DRR and disaster risk management activities in southern Africa. FAO aims to reduce countries’ vulnerability to disasters through increased coordination and linkages among DRR actors, enhanced integration of risk prevention and mitigation into regional and national policies and interventions, and improved knowledge management. Project interventions include establishing a repository for best practices and lessons learned, offering technical assistance to the Southern African Development Community and other regional actors, and reinforcing working relationships with other U.N. agencies, particularly on regional joint initiatives.
Agriculture and Livelihood DRR in the Zambezi River Basin
Implementer: FAO
Duration: January 2012 – March 2013
Funding: $600,000
USAID/OFDA is improving the resilience of farmers in four highly flood-prone districts in northern Namibia and southern Zambia—areas lying within the Zambezi River basin—through an FAO-implemented project. The project supports livelihoods diversification and improved farming techniques through encouraging dry season crop production, strengthening private sector partnerships for produce marketing, training program participants in conservation agriculture principles, and promoting the use of flood-resistant and short-cycle seeds. In addition, the project aims to strengthen regional DRR coordination mechanisms by facilitating interactions among national and regional authorities and developing a common monitoring and evaluation framework for use by FAO partners.
Zambezi River Basin Initiative
Implementer: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Duration: September 2012 – September 2015
Funding: $2 million
This three-year initiative aims to reduce the risk and impact of flooding in the seven countries—Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe—encompassing the Zambezi River basin. For the benefit of more than 235,000 people in the region, the project promotes conservation agriculture, natural resource management, small-scale irrigation, and the use of flood- and drought-tolerant seed varieties. The project also builds DRR and disaster management capacity in local communities and national Red Cross branches by developing community-based DRR committees, training national and community teams in disaster response management, and strengthening information-sharing relationships at the local, national, regional, and international levels.
DRR Degree Program for Southern Africa
Implementer: The African Centre for Disaster Studies at North-West University
Duration: September 2009 – August 2014
Funding: $1.4 million (cumulative since FY 2009)
The African Centre for Disaster Studies at North-West University in South Africa is now in the fourth year of a USAID/OFDA-supported five-year project to develop a multi-sphere and transdisciplinary DRR training program for municipal- and provincial-level practitioners in disaster management and related fields in southern Africa. To date, the project has researched and designed more than 30 lesson modules on various disaster and emergency response topics. Once completed, the African Centre for Disaster Studies will make
the modules available online to multiple audiences, including NGO and local and national government staff, benefiting more than 7,500 people.
Views from the Frontline
Implementer: The African Centre for Disaster Studies at North-West University
Duration: April 2011 – May 2013
Funding: $624,969 (cumulative since FY 2011)
USAID/OFDA supports the African Centre for Disaster Studies at North-West University in South Africa to serve as the regional coordinating organization for the Views from the Frontline (VFL) project. A participatory action research project designed to bring the voices and concerns of vulnerable people into DRR policy and practice, VFL strengthens links among local, national, regional, and international civil society organizations. In FY 2011, VFL extended its geographical coverage to more than 70 countries, including southern African nations.
Rescue Programme for National Development (RESPOND)
Implementer: Rescue South Africa
Duration: September 2012 – September 2013
Funding: $1,466,549
Through Rescue South Africa’s RESPOND initiative, USAID/OFDA is helping build the emergency response capacity of countries in Southern Africa. The project offers accredited rescue training courses and other capacity-building measures to first responders in Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Zambia, with the goal of creating certified teams in the region that have the ability to handle sudden onset incidents in their own countries as well as in neighboring countries.
Periperi U
Implementer: Stellenbosch University
Duration: July 2011 – June 2015
Funding: $4.9 million (cumulative since FY 2011)
USAID/OFDA supports the Partners Enhancing Resilience to People Exposed to Risks – Universities (Periperi U) program in order to meet increasing demand for skilled professionals to manage disaster risks in Africa. The first program of its kind on the continent, Periperi U provides a platform for disaster-related training and research in DRR and humanitarian assistance through a network of English, French, Swahili, Portuguese, and Arabic-speaking universities. Previously hosted at the University of Cape Town since its inception in June 2006, the secretariat of Periperi U moved to Stellenbosch University in 2011.
Country-Specific Programs
Lesotho
Lesotho Food Security Relief and Resilience Program (LFSRP)
Implementer: Catholic Relief Services (CRS), with CARE and World Vision as sub-awardees
Duration: October 2012 – October 2013
Funding: $998,796
USAID/OFDA is providing nearly $1 million to CRS in support of the LFSRP, which strives to help households in Lesotho recover from the current food insecurity and strengthen the resilience they need to handle future shocks. To ensure a productive planting season for families with depleted assets, USAID/OFDA is providing seeds and trainings in conservation agriculture for more than 3,200 households
through the LFSRP. USAID/OFDA is also supporting the establishment of home gardens for 4,800 families, thereby helping to diversify diets and increasing food security at the household level.
Mountain Integrated Conservation Agriculture II (MICA II)
Implementer: CRS, with CARE and Caritas as sub-awardees
Duration: September 2012 – September 2014
Funding: $2.1 million
Building on the original MICA program’s efforts to strengthen rural mountain livelihoods in Lesotho, the two-year MICA II project aims to help more than 23,000 individuals reduce their exposure to drought and other natural hazards. The project promotes conservation agriculture and improves smallholder farmers’ access to markets and agricultural inputs. The project also trains farmers in community-based disaster risk management and the establishment of savings and lending groups to mitigate the impact of future shocks.
Madagascar
Post-Giovanna Emergency Livelihoods & Shelter (P-GELS) Program
Implementer: CARE
Duration: May 2012 – April 2013
Funding: $410,981
Following the passage of Tropical Cyclone Giovanna in February 2012, USAID/OFDA provided more than $400,000 to CARE to address storm-generated humanitarian needs for approximately 57,500 residents of the hard-hit Brickaville and Vatomandry districts in eastern Madagascar. The P-GELS project repairs and reinforces cyclone-affected houses to withstand future wind damage; distributes maize, bean, and vegetable seeds and fishing kits to help ensure short-term food security; and provides food-for-work and cash-for-work opportunities in areas where the storm had disrupted local economies.
Malawi
Drought Mitigation through Irrigation Promotion & Conservation Agriculture Extension II (DICE II)
Implementer: CARE
Duration: September 2012 – January 2015
Funding: $1.8 million
USAID/OFDA is increasing the capacity of vulnerable Malawian households to mitigate the impact of weather-related shocks through the CARE-implemented DICE II project. The project aims to extend drought mitigation approaches refined during previous programs, including the original DICE program, to approximately 20,000 people in the Dowa, Ntcheu, and Salima districts in Malawi’s Central Region. Interventions include establishing small-scale irrigation schemes, introducing conservation agriculture techniques, enacting savings-and-loan groups, and strengthening local early warning systems.
Karonga Empowering Emergency Preparedness (KEEP) Project
Implementer: CRS
Duration: September 2012 – September 2014
Funding: $1.1 million
To reduce residents’ vulnerability to recurrent natural disasters, such as earthquakes and floods, USAID/OFDA is supporting the CRS-implemented KEEP project to benefit nearly 39,000 people in Karonga District, northern Malawi. Using community-based approaches, the KEEP project is bringing together communities, local government officials, and local NGOs to improve early warning and alert systems and increase the capacity of vulnerable populations to respond during future emergencies. To
mitigate the impact of potential disasters, the project is also working with individuals to establish savings-and-loan groups and address poor sanitation conditions and hygiene practices.
Mozambique
Reduction of Vulnerability to Drought and Cyclones in Southern Mozambique
Implementer: International Relief and Development (IRD)
Duration: April 2012 – March 2014
Funding: $4.9 million
USAID/OFDA is helping reduce household drought and cyclone vulnerabilities for approximately 39,000 people in Inhambane Province. Program interventions promote conservation agriculture techniques; the planting of drought-resistant crops, such as sorghum and legumes; the production of vegetables for consumption and sale; and the establishment of other income-generating activities, including apiculture and marketing of oil seeds, such as sesame. The project also works to improve community access to water during dry periods through the installation of rainwater harvesting systems and rehabilitation of wells.
Increasing Resilience to Climatic Shocks in Zambezia Province
Implementer: IRD
Duration: September 2012 – September 2014
Funding: $1.7 million
With USAID/OFDA support, IRD is helping mitigate the impact of climatic shocks for nearly 30,000 people residing in communities in the Zambezi and Shire River basins in Zambezia Province. The project works to reduce the risk of waterborne disease transmission during floods and improve community access to water during dry periods by installing rainwater harvesting systems, rehabilitating wells, promoting point-of-use water treatment products, and training beneficiaries in positive hygiene and sanitation practices.
Seed Quality Improvement and Loss Prevention
Implementer: Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)
Duration: September 2011 – April 2013
Funding: $266,076
To increase food security in northern Mozambique, USAID/OFDA is working to reduce post-harvest seed loss and improve the quality of seed available in Cabo Delgado Province through a two-year, AKF-implemented project. The project aims to train as many as 4,200 farmers in seed selection based on crop performance, post-harvest seed processing, and proper seed storage. The program also introduces a seed storage system for households to help preserve seed quality and reduce losses.
Mitigating Disaster with Sweet Potatoes
Implementer: International Potato Center
Duration: 2011 – 2014
Funding: $1,800,000
To combat vitamin A deficiency and mitigate the effects of drought, USAID/OFDA began advocating the planting of new drought-tolerant sweet potato varieties in Mozambique in FY 2011. USAID/OFDA provided the International Potato Center with $1.8 million in funding for a project expected to assist approximately 600,000 people in five provinces throughout the country.
Namibia
Conservation Agriculture Program for Northern Namibia
Implementer: National Cooperative Business Association’s Cooperative League of the United States of America (CLUSA)
Duration: September 2012 – September 2015
Funding: $2.2 million
Through partner CLUSA, USAID/OFDA is working to reduce Namibians’ vulnerability to weather shocks by training more than 10,000 farmers in the north in conservation agriculture, including land preparation, field ripping, planting, weeding, harvesting, and post-harvest techniques. The use of conservation agriculture helps improve soil conditions, retention of rainfall, and agricultural yields.
Reducing Risks of Population Displacement in Southern Africa
Implementer: International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Duration: August 2012 – August 2013
Funding: $750,000
USAID/OFDA is supporting IOM’s efforts to enhance regional capacity in coordination and management of displacement situations in collaboration with key government officials and national stakeholders, such as the Red Cross. The project establishes a regional support hub in Namibia for disaster risk management and camp management activities and proposes to expand to Botswana and Mozambique during the year.
Strengthening Emergency Food Distribution Scheme
Implementer: U.N. World Food Program (WFP)
Duration: September 2012 – September 2014
Funding: $400,000
With USAID/OFDA support, WFP is working to strengthen the capacity of the Government of Namibia to effectively design and manage food assistance programs in the aftermath of natural disasters. Activities include supporting government officials’ efforts to establish storage facilities in disaster-prone areas and training participants in logistics, supply chain, and warehouse management.
South Africa
Incident Command System (ICS) Program
Implementer: U.S. Forest Service (USFS)
Duration: 2011 – 2014
Funding: $699,214 (cumulative since FY 2011)
USAID/OFDA is continuing support to a multi-year program that aims to further familiarize South African grassland and forest wildfire responders with the ICS model. A global standard for fire management, ICS is a framework designed to integrate personnel, equipment, procedures, facilities, and communications during complex events, enabling more effective response operations within a common organizational structure. The USAID/OFDA-supported project builds train-the-trainer and response management skills among South African responders, increasing national disaster response capacity.
Swaziland
Mitigation of Negative Impacts of Climate Change
Implementer: IRD
Duration: July 2012 – June 2015
Funding: $3.4 million
With renewed support from USAID/OFDA and building on previous successes, IRD is implementing another three-year, community-based drought mitigation program in southern Swaziland. The project integrates agricultural and water and sanitation activities in 15 drought-prone tinkhundla by training more than 3,400 participants in conservation agriculture techniques and the formation of community gardening groups. The program also promotes safe hygiene practices and installs rainwater harvesting systems and borehole pumps for the benefit of more than 30,000 people.
Zambia
Integrating Adolescents into Peri-Urban Risk Reduction in Zambia
Implementer: CARE
Duration: September 2012 – September 2013
Funding: $199,173
Through CARE, USAID/OFDA is supporting a small-scale project to better integrate the needs of adolescents, particularly girls, into DRR efforts in Kanyama settlement on the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia. Drawing on methodologies tested through the Girls in Risk Reduction Leadership (G.I.R.R.L.) project piloted by USAID/OFDA partner the African Centre for Disaster Studies at North-West University, the project is providing DRR training to approximately 270 teenage students from two Kanyama schools and 30 mentors from existing local DRR committees. Covered topics include community risk analysis and DRR plan development, with a focus on engaging adolescent girls in identifying their disaster-related vulnerabilities and enhancing community efforts to mitigate risks.
Integrated Food Security and Risk Management (INFORM)
Implementer: Concern
Duration: January 2012 – January 2013
Funding: $775,966
USAID/OFDA is providing additional support to continue a Concern-implemented, community-led disaster and natural resource management program in Western Province, Zambia. The project is building and maintaining the capacity of community- and district-level disaster management committees to prevent, mitigate, and respond to the impacts of disasters. The program also encourages farmers to use natural resources sustainably by promoting conservation agriculture and developing small-scale irrigation systems, both of which mitigate the livelihood impacts of drought. In total, the project is expected to benefit approximately 178,000 people.
Zambia Fodder Pilot
Implementer: Land O’Lakes
Duration: May 2012 – May 2014
Funding: $2 million
USAID/OFDA is supporting Land O’Lakes efforts to reduce fodder shortages and improve livestock health and production in Southern and Western provinces. The project aims to research, develop, and test fodder and fodder seed production systems while providing fodder and fodder seed production as a viable alternative livelihood for some vulnerable households in targeted areas. Land O’Lakes plans to disseminate research findings through a field manual and fodder training modules, allowing other organizations working across the region to duplicate similar pilot initiatives.
Livestock Management and Holistic Grazing Program
Implementer: Land O’Lakes
Duration: April 2010 – March 2013
Funding: $2.4 million (cumulative since FY 2010)
Since FY 2010, USAID/OFDA has worked to improve food security and build the resilience of approximately 6,700 people in Southern and Western provinces through a community-based livestock production and marketing project implemented by partner Land O’Lakes. To help rebuild livelihoods following years of floods and livestock disease outbreaks, the program provides goats to vulnerable communities—many of which lost all cattle during the disease outbreaks—and helps beneficiaries find markets for their animals. The program also works in collaboration with Zambian partners to further develop local veterinary services. In addition, the project promotes holistic rangeland management based on ACHM methodologies, teaching communities how to create grazing plans and improve soil quality using goat manure. These activities diversify communities’ livelihoods strategies, reducing their exposure to hazards and rebuilding asset bases that may serve as buffers against potential shocks.
Zimbabwe
Reducing Community Vulnerability to the Impacts of Climate Change
Implementer: Action Contre La Faim (ACF)
Duration: June 2012 – Jan 2014
Funding: $1.5 million
To enhance resilience and increase diversified agricultural production, USAID/OFDA is supporting DRR activities to benefit 2,400 households in Chipinge District, Zimbabwe. Through ACF, USAID/OFDA is providing vouchers for agricultural inputs, such as seeds and fertilizer, and farming equipment for communities to share during planting season. Beneficiaries will also receive training in cultivation techniques and livestock management, in addition to disaster mitigation and preparedness.
Enhanced Resiliency to Droughts (ERD)
Implementer: CARE
Duration: March 2012 – July 2013
Funding: $1.1 million
The CARE-implemented ERD project builds upon a previous USAID/OFDA-supported program and continues drought-mitigation activities in Masvingo Province, southeastern Zimbabwe. Emphasizing community-based DRR efforts, the program is training 70 DRR focal points in 10 drought-prone communities, who will subsequently train and reach more than 4,500 people. The project also aims to develop local DRR plans of action, involving stakeholders in efforts to identify and implement potential disaster mitigation measures. In addition, the ERD program will instruct farmers in conservation agriculture techniques, distribute various varieties of seeds to diversity production, and rehabilitate three water catchment sites to address farmers’ water needs, potentially benefiting up to 24,500 individuals.
Food Security and Livelihood-Centered Community-Based DRR
Implementer: GOAL
Duration: August 2012 – July 2014
Funding: $1.4 million
To foster household resilience to weather shocks, USAID/OFDA is supporting a GOAL project that advocates conservation agriculture and improved livestock management techniques in Manicaland Province, eastern Zimbabwe. By strengthening agricultural production and livestock assets, the project aims to
increase food security for approximately 67,500 Zimbabweans and help reduce their exposure to potential natural hazards and other risks.
Emergency Response, Early Recovery, and Durable Solutions for Displaced Families
Implementer: IOM
Duration: June 2012 – June 2013
Funding: $2 million
USAID/OFDA provided $2 million through IOM to address the needs of IDPs and returnees in Zimbabwe. Through support centers, IOM is providing temporary shelter, food, medical care, counseling, transportation, and family reunification services to vulnerable individuals. USAID/OFDA support will also improve disaster preparedness and humanitarian response capacity to handle population movements.
Zimbabwe Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting (ZIMROOF)
Implementer: IRD
Duration: February 2012 – January 2013
Funding: $1.6 million
Through the IRD-implemented ZIMROOF project, USAID/OFDA is reducing rural Zimbabweans’ exposure to waterborne diseases through the installation of rainwater harvesting systems at 20 school locations, benefiting 12,000 students year-round, as well as surrounding communities during times of cholera outbreaks. The project is also training 6,000 community members in sanitary hygiene practices and the use of water treatment products.
Livestock for Accelerated Recovery and Improved Resilience
Implementer: Land O’Lakes
Duration: May 2012 – May 2014
Funding: $2 million
Through partner Land O’Lakes, OFDA is helping to strengthen the productive asset base of more than 6,000 vulnerable individuals in the provinces of Manicaland and Matabeleland South by promoting improved practices in the management of small livestock and rangeland. The program provides goats to participating households, trains beneficiaries in the care of the animals, and helps beneficiaries find markets for their animals. In addition, the project advocates holistic rangeland management, which could contribute to improved soil conditions and a reduction in environmental degradation, thereby reducing communities’ exposure to natural hazards.
Rainwater Harvesting and Hygiene Promotion
Implementer: Medair
Duration: May 2012 – May 2013
Funding: $1 million
With USAID/OFDA support, Medair is working to reduce the risk of waterborne disease among more than 126,000 rural community members in the southern province of Matabeleland South. The USAID/OFDA project is installing rainwater harvest systems at 16 schools and 12 health clinics to improve access to safe drinking water. The program is also training village health works, community leaders, and other participants in good health and hygiene practices and promoting the use of point-of-use water treatment products.
NGO Joint Initiative (JI) for Urban Zimbabwe
Implementer: Mercy Corps
Duration: May 2011 – June 2013
Funding: $2.3 million (cumulative since FY 2011)
Since 2006, USAID/OFDA has supported integrated assistance to at-risk populations living in and around the six largest urban centers in Zimbabwe through the JI consortium—led by Mercy Corps and including Africare, CARE, CRS, and Oxfam. In FY 2011, USAID/OFDA provided support for Phase III of the JI to extend collaboration efforts to U.N. agencies, Zimbabwean government departments, and additional NGOs while strengthening referral systems and beneficiaries’ access to public services. In addition, the JI consortium is working to improve sanitation conditions for nearly 74,000 vulnerable individuals through the establishment of community health clubs, school health clubs, and water point user committees to promote good hygiene practices, such as the use of latrines and safe water collection and handling procedures.
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Response
Implementer: Oxfam/Great Britain (Oxfam/GB)
Duration: July 2012 – December 2012
Funding: $341,540
With support to Oxfam/GB, USAID/OFDA is working to reduce the risk of waterborne disease outbreaks for approximately 100,000 vulnerable Zimbabweans living in urban and peri-urban areas of Midlands Province. Project interventions include the mass promotion of safe hygiene practices through community health workers and city health personnel, as well as the establishment of community and school health clubs to encourage the maintenance of sanitary conditions at the household and community levels.
WaterGuard
Implementer: Population Services International (PSI)
Duration: June 2011 – June 2013
Funding: $1.5 million (cumulative since FY 2011)
As part of its response to the severe cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe in 2008/2009, USAID/OFDA began supporting the development and distribution of a home water treatment product by PSI. The resulting sodium hypochlorite solution, named WaterGuard, allows families to treat water at point of use for approximately one cent per day. With continued support from USAID/OFDA, PSI is improving WaterGuard distribution networks in the country, particularly in rural areas, and promoting the usage of WaterGuard, as well as other hygiene and sanitation behavioral changes.
Cholera Mitigation Through Community Health Clubs
Implementer: Zimbabwe Association for Applied Health Education and Development (Zimbabwe AHEAD)
Duration: October 2012 – September 2013
Funding: $498,116
In efforts to reduce disease outbreaks related to poor sanitation and hygiene in Zimbabwe, USAID/OFDA is supporting the establishment of 480 new community health clubs in four districts of Manicaland Province through Zimbabwe AHEAD. The clubs will train up to 36,000 individuals in basic health and hygiene knowledge, as well as the usage of water treatment products, such as WaterGuard.
USAID/OFDA Partners in the Region
- Action Contre la Faim (ACF)
- Aga Khan Foundation (AKF)
- Africa Centre for Holistic Management (ACHM)
- African Centre for Disaster Studies at North-West University
- CARE
- Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
- Concern
- GOAL
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
- International Organization for Migration (IOM)
- International Relief and Development (IRD)
- Land O’Lakes
- Medair
- Mercy Corps
- National Cooperative Business Association’s Cooperative League of the United States of America (CLUSA)
- Oxfam/Great Britain (Oxfam/GB)
- Population Services International (PSI)
- Stellenbosch University
- U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- U.N. World Food Program (WFP)
- Rescue South Africa
- Zimbabwe AHEAD