Attachments
In Numbers
7,586 mt of food assistance distributed
USD 314,456 cash-based transfers made
USD 32m next six months (March-August 2023) net funding requirements
733,700 people assisted in February 2023 through in-kind and cash transfers
Operational Updates
- WFP completed the 2022/2023 lean season response, reaching a peak 702,227 beneficiaries in February and early March across Buhera, Hwedza, Mudzi, Bikita, Chivi, Nkayi, Mangwe and Mt. Darwin. In anticipation of access challenges during the rainy season, WFP conducted double distributions of cereal, pulses and vegetable oil. In a year marked by climatic shocks and price hikes, the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare (MPSLSW) and WFP targeted all 3.8 million people projected to have insufficient access to cereals by the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (rural ZimVAC 2022).
Through the adoption of a Food Deficit Mitigation Strategy manual, the MPSLSW and WFP aligned with global standards on food-based social assistance and will be able to ensure coherence and coordination of all participating actors to emergency food assistance during times of food crisis.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Germany and Japan supported WFP’s lean season assistance, which was implemented by World Vision, AquaCulture and Caritas.
-
WFP introduced nutrition cash top-ups in its Urban Social Protection and Resilience Building Programme.
Nutritionally vulnerable groups- pregnant and lactating women, children under five, the elderly and the chronically ill - will receive additional USD 5 per person per month to improve their dietary diversity. This entitlement allows households to purchase additional products such as fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy, and eggs to complement the basic food basket. -
Following the procurement of a USD 11 million Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) Replica policy for Zimbabwe in 2022 by WFP, a simulation exercise was conducted to plan and test the government, Start Network (an international network of NGOs) and WFP’s operational plans, that will be activated if an insurance payout is triggered.
-
In collaboration with national and district authorities and the National University of Science and Technology, Seasonal Livelihood Programming consultations were conducted in six urban domains and two rural districts between January and February. These consultations add value to planning processes in resilience building through the analysis of seasonality of shocks, livelihoods, vulnerability profiles and partnerships which lay a foundation for the design of relevant programmes. They are conducted together with the communities with the aim of generating contextspecific evidence to inform and adjust humanitarian and development interventions, enhancing impacts.