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Zimbabwe:
Assistance to the population affected by the 'clean-up' exercise
(Operations Update 5)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
(IFRC)
March
31, 2006
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Operational
Summary:
Zimbabwe Red
Cross Society continues to provide humanitarian assistance to
approximately 15,000 people rendered homeless by the 'clean up exercise'
started in May 2005 by the Government of Zimbabwe. The national society
focuses its intervention on livelihood recovery for affected households
who moved to rural areas, by providing agricultural starter packs
and small livestock (goats) to complement their reduced coping capacities
in between other interventions. To date, Zimbabwe Red Cross Society
distributed maize seeds and fertilisers to 1,709 vulnerable households.
A total 278 households in Matabeleland North and South provinces received
458 goats. Two more tworoomed houses were handed over to child-headed
households in Victoria Falls, Matebeleland North province, during
the reporting period, giving a total of six completed. In mid-March
2006, Zimbabwe Red Cross Society requested for an extension of another
month to conclude the operation by 30 April 2006. A final report will
be due by 30 July 2006.
Operational
developments
The spiralling inflation rate (1,003% in February 20062) and limited
foreign exchange availability, leading to shortage of essential
commodities such as fuel, have made basic needs unaffordable by
many low income households. The effects of the economic crises on
households displaced by the ‘clean-up exercise’ and ‘Operation
Murambatsvina’ have been even greater, as many lost their livelihoods
and are left to struggle for survival, in an environment characterised
by high unemployment rates, food insecurity as well as HIV and AIDS.
The humanitarian
assistance delivered by Zimbabwe Red Cross Society to affected households
mainly focuses on enhancing livelihood through the distribution
of small livestock (goats) and agricultural inputs (seeds and fertilizers)
to families that settled in the rural areas. The Red Cross also
supports construction of permanent shelter for affected child-headed
families who are orphaned by HIV and AIDS.
The Zimbabwe
Red Cross Society has requested for a month’s extension of the Emergency
Appeal operation until the end of March 2006 in order to ensure
completion of activities initiated in late 2005. Significant funding
for the operation was received towards the end of 2005, which delayed
the implementation of the activities according to plan.
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