Preliminary Target: US$ 4,486,728 

Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 3,765,728

The ban on aid agencies and NGOs involved in humanitarian and development work in Zimbabwe has been lifted and members of ACT International in country Christian Care and the Lutheran Development Services are preparing to scale up their response in Zimbabwe.

ACT members in Zimbabwe have been forced to suspend all fieldwork and a planned joint ACT assessment in Zimbabwe on the orders of the government since  June 4th this year. The ban prohibited the distribution of food to more than 2 million Zimbabweans in urgent need. Plans to deliver seeds and livestock for the next agricultural season were also put on hold. This prelimary appeal contains programs to deliver badly needed aid in the sectors of general food aid, school feeding, food recovery and psychosocial support.

Given Zimbabwe's economic collapse, food insecurity is not just limited to rural areas, but is now also a real threat to poor urban families.  ACT members in Zimbabwe are preparing a preliminary appeal to assist 47,275 people with food aid in Masvingo, Midlands, Gwanda, Beitbridge, Matebeleland South, Provinces, as well as in several urban centres across the country including Harare and Bulawayo.  The ACT members are planning to carry out a joint assessment, and expect to use this information in preparing a full appeal in the coming weeks.

Project Completion Date: to be determined by Full Appeal

Reporting schedule: Every two weeks during the first month, the members receiving a Preliminary Appeal funding advance will submit a brief (one-two page) Situation Report to the ACT CO, summarizing activities undertaken and progress made in the emergency response. Photographs and human interest stories should accompany the reports.  Thereafter, reports will be submitted according to standard Appeal reporting.  Specific dates will be set once the full appeal is finalized. 

Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance Requested:

*Pledge from DCA-DANIDA

 Signed by:

John Nduna
Director, ACT Co-ordinating Office