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Australia provides A$8million emergency aid for the people of Zimbabwe
Australian Embassy
November 25, 2008

Australia will provide a further A$8 million (US$5.2 million) in emergency aid to the people of Zimbabwe in response to the escalating humanitarian crisis.

The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe has become extremely grave, with critical shortages of food and clean water.

Currently in Zimbabwe, 28 per cent of children under five are chronically malnourished and a cholera outbreak has spread to nine of the nation's ten provinces.

The World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that over five million people - half Zimbabwe's population - will require food aid by early next year.

To help Zimbabweans meet this crisis, Australia will contribute:

• A$6 million (US$3.9 million) to the World Food Programme, bringing our total contribution to the current appeal to US$18.2 million; and
• A$2 million (US$1.3 million) to the Protracted Relief Programme in partnership with the Department for International Development (DFID).

Australia's contribution will assist those most vulnerable to hunger, in particular orphans, those affected by HIV/AIDS and people displaced by politically motivated violence or the policies of the Mugabe regime. It will also assist with protecting livelihoods and improving access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene.

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