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Disaster Assistance at a Glance
Recent Disaster Declarations:
Complex Emergency
OFDA Response:
Agriculture and food security, coordination, emergency relief supplies, livelihoods, protection, water, sanitation, and hygiene
Latest OFDA Report:
Drought and Complex Emergency Situation Report #2 (68kb PDF)
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Most Recent Disaster Declaration:
Complex Emergency, 10-06-06
Conditions for the majority of Zimbabweans continue to deteriorate due to the country's ongoing economic decline, low agricultural productivity, and the increasing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Internal displacement and urban vulnerability spiked as a result of Operation Murambatsvina in 2005, which according to the U.N. displaced an estimated 700,000 people and indirectly impacted as many as 2.4 million others. Widespread loss of housing and livelihoods forced the majority of the affected urban population deeper into poverty. In addition to urgent needs in shelter, water and sanitation, health, and protection, humanitarian access to the affected populations remains limited. Despite good rains and an improved harvest in 2005/2006, insufficient cereal production failed to meet the food needs of more than 1 million people, who will require food assistance until the April 2007 harvest.
On October 6, 2006, U.S. Ambassador Christopher W. Dell redeclared a disaster in Zimbabwe due to the ongoing complex emergency. Since FY 2002, OFDA has provided more than $22 million in humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe. OFDA's programs are focused on supporting displaced and other vulnerable populations by strengthening livelihoods and providing assistance in the sectors of water and sanitation, food security, agriculture, protection, relief commodities, and humanitarian coordination.
For information on additional USAID disaster responses in Zimbabwe, please see OFDA Annual Reports.
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