In Numbers
338 MT of food assistance distributed
USD 456,852 cash-based transfers
USD 43 m next six months (February – July 2024) net funding requirements
49,232 people assisted in December 2023 through in-kind food and cash transfers
Operational Updates
The Zimbabwean government, in collaboration with WFP launched a food deficit mitigation/lean season assistance programme to help vulnerable communities during the peak hunger season, between January and March 2024.
WFP with support from USAID and multilateral funds will complement government’s efforts to reach 2.7 million food insecure people in rural areas by providing food assistance to some 265,000 people within this period.
WFP will also provide technical assistance for the FDMS implementation in five districts, enhancing joint programming for food assistance to vulnerable communities.WFP facilitated the distribution of cash to 26,000 individuals in Chiredzi and Mzilikazi through its urban cash assistance programme. Additionally, WFP engaged in planning meetings with local authorities for the upcoming urban cash assistance programme in Caledonia and Chinhoyi, in the most food insecure locations within the two domains.
WFP is implementing the Stopping Abuse and Female Exploitation (SAFE) program alongside its Urban Social Assistance programme. Activities aim to prevent genderbased violence through empowerment and a transformative curriculum while responding to GBV through a referral pathway. In December, the third cohort benefiting from Urban CBT and SAFE programming graduated in Chiredzi. Preliminary findings show that participating households have reduced food insecurity, decreased intimate partner violence (IPV), and improved household cohesion.
Through the Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA), weather and climatic advisories and warnings were disseminated to over 20,000 farmers in Mwenezi, Masvingo, Chipinge, Mangwe, Binga, Hwange districts through a variety of channels, including WhatsApp, radio and face to face engagements. These advisories assist farmers in making informed decisions on their farming activities.
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