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WFP Emergency Report No. 28 of 2005
World Food Programme (WFP)
July 08, 2005

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Zimbabwe

(a) The UN Envoy for Human Settlements, Mrs. Ann Tibaijuka, continues her mission to review the impact of the government's clean-up operations in urban areas. She visited Bulawayo and other urban areas from 5 - 7 July, accompanied by WFP's Emergency Coordinator and several members of the UN Country Team. Between 4 - 7 July, WFP released an additional 463 tons of food to support the urban affected, bringing the total of provided food assistance to date to over 750 tons.

(b) As part of a UN multi-sectoral response to assist people affected by the clean-up operations, WFP is requesting an estimated USD 1.1 million to identify those food insecure people among the displaced, and supplementing other food stocks available in country in order to provide the vulnerable with temporary food rations.

(c) A preliminary Zimbabwe VAC report indicates that 2.9 million people (36 percent of the country's rural population) will require food aid over the year ahead. The number of people in need is based upon the Government's announced plan to import 1.2 million tons of maize to address food shortages caused by drought, inadequate access to inputs and limited tillage. However, if maize is not made available through the Grain Marketing Board, or it increases in price, the number of people requiring food assistance could rise substantially. As a contingency, WFP plans to assist up to 4.5 million people in Zimbabwe in the year ahead.

(d) WFP is appealing to donors for an additional 220,000 tons of food to assist 3 million people through community based food distributions, while continuing ongoing programmes targeting school children, malnourished, orphans and people affected by HIV/AIDS in food insecure districts and urban areas.

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