The US through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided an additional $5 million for Zimbabwe towards the eradication of hunger bringing the funding for humanitarian assistance the Barrack Obama administration has extended to Harare to $32.5 million since June last year.
The contribution which is being channelled through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe comes after United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Director of Southern African Affairs, Bradley Bessire’s week long state visit where he assessed the current lean season and El Niño’s impact on food security in Zimbabwe.
USAID, Zimbabwe Mission Director Stephanie Funk said the additional $5 million contribution will support WFP’s Productive Asset Creation activity starting in May 2016 and will provide food rations or cash transfers to benefit over 80,000 individuals in eight districts across Zimbabwe over a period of six months.
“USAID is proud to support the World Food Programme to help vulnerable Zimbabweans cope through this difficult drought,” he said.
“This program addresses immediate food security needs while gradually helping vulnerable communities build resilience to climatic shocks and eliminating the need for food assistance in the long-term”.
He said the assistance will also see beneficiaries participating in the creation or rehabilitation of community assets, including irrigation systems and dams, to improve infrastructure and livelihoods for the future.
According to the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee, an estimated 1.5 million rural Zimbabweans will be food insecure in the first three months of this year.
This figure is likely to increase if El Niño, as predicted, causes continued drought and a poor April to June 2016 harvest.
The USAID assistance comes after there are reports of people in Masvingo, Chipinge and Matebeleland are said to be surviving on wild fruits.
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I read expecting to see where Obama did this philanthropic act but it is actually USAID! Obamaphobia!
We do not have sanctions, I d I o t. We only lack productive and revenue earning enterprises due to counterproductive policies. No-one will invest if you want to forcibly take more than half of their business for free. You will starve if you kill farmers and give the farms o the inept. You cant shout attacks at the gifted today and go bagging for help tomorrow. Now your Zhuwawo (correct Portuguese spelling, Joao, for John) is still a loose cannon making sure that no one will significantly invest). US is their country. Zim is yours.
No and a big no. Dzasukwa and his cabal imposed sanctions on all of us. The economy was damaged way back before the so called sanctions were imposed. This sanctions mantra and hiding behind the little finger doesn’t wash any more.
A hypocrite! What about sanctions that have weakened our economy and the government financial base. Obama must ask the US legislature to repeal ZEDRA.
A hypocrite! What about sanctions that have weakened our economy and the government financial base. Obama must ask the US legislature to repeal ZEDRA.