EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe continues to be stable, but elements of fragility remain cause for concern in key sectors such as food security, health and nutrition, and water, sanitation and hygiene.  A crop and livestock assessment report estimates that food production has slightly increased compared to the 2009/2010 season, with increases due to increased acreage planted and timely agricultural inputs and extension support provided by all humanitarian stakeholders.  However, food security remains a pressing issue with achievements at risk from a protracted dry spell which affected six out of ten provinces this year.  Rates for chronic and acute childhood malnutrition still stand at 35% and 2.4% respectively.  One-third of rural Zimbabweans still drink from unprotected water sources, and while the scale of cholera has significantly reduced compared to past years, localised outbreaks continue due to the poor state of the health and water, sanitation and hygiene sectors. 

 

Politically, the country remains stable; however, decisions regarding agreement on a new roadmap toward elections will influence the future course of the political situation.  The country’s economy continues to make progress with the continued use of multiple currencies, but challenges remain in attracting large-scale investment to push the country out of generalised humanitarian need to recovery and development.  The Consolidated Appeal (CAP) therefore continues to lay a strong emphasis on recovery, taking into account priority areas outlined in the Joint Recovery Opportunity Framework and recommendations from other government policy documents in place. 

 

Key priorities for the remainder of 2011 will be improving food security levels; addressing the needs of asylum seekers, migrants and other vulnerable groups that need protection; prevention of and rapid response to disease outbreaks; and response to natural disasters.  All these activities will be undertaken while ensuring that humanitarian and government priorities remain complementary in all areas of intervention. 

 

The achievements of the new “programme based approach” adopted this year were reviewed, and found to be generally positive, particularly the approach’s flexibility and improved coordination environment.  The approach’s alignment with government priorities has enabled humanitarian partners to respond adequately to the changing needs of the country, and enabled programmes that would ensure a strong foundation for recovery to be implemented while at the same time addressing the immediate and emerging humanitarian needs.  It has also proved a very useful tool for not only strategic planning but also enabled easy monitoring of outcomes against set programmed objectives and activities.  Although a mission from the Good Humanitarian Donorship gave a positive assessment of the approach, challenges remain in securing the additional capacity required to support the cluster coordinators in managing the process, and how to report funding to programmes and activities in the absence of agency-specific projects. 

 

Following analysis of the most recent needs assessments, the Mid-Year Review identified minor increases in requirements for most clusters.  The main increase is accounted for by an increase in requirements for the Agriculture Cluster due primarily to availability of better data.  Requirements for the Food and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Clusters were also increased due to projected increases in areas of coverage and more identified needs respectively.  Revised requirements amount to US$488,582,358, an increase of $73,306,618 (18%) over original requirements.[1]  Partners have indicated that $141,824,362 in funding has been received, leaving unmet requirements of $346,757,996 and the CAP 29% funded. 

Basic humanitarian and development indicators for Zimbabwe

 

			Most recent data	Previous data or pre-crisis baseline data (2000, unless otherwise noted)
Population movements	Population		12.3 million people (CSO Population Projection 2010)	11.7 million people (UNFPA SWP 2000)
	IDPs		No official statistics
	Refugees	In-country	4,645 (UNHCR 2010)	4,958 (UNHCR 2010)
		Abroad	12,782 (UNHCR)[2]	12,782 (UNHCR)
Economic status	GNI per capita (PPP)		$360 (WB Zimbabwe Country Profile 2005)	$210 (WB Zimbabwe Country Profile)
	Percentage of population living on less than $1/day		No data from 2010 HDR 56.1% (2007/2008 UNDP HDR)	36% (2000 UNDP HDR)
Health	Cumulative mortality rate		20/1,000 (DHS 2006)	17.2/1,000 (CSO, 2002 cited in DHS 2006)
	Infant mortality rate		63/1,000 (DHS 2006)	58/1,000 (WHO Core Health Indicators)
	Maternal mortality		725/100,000 live births (Zimbabwe Maternal Mortality study 2007)[3]	555/100,000 (DHS, 2006)
	Under-five mortality		94/1,000 (MIMS survey, 2009)	65/1,000 (DHS 1999)
	Life expectancy at birth		44/43 years (WHO 2008)	44/46 years (WHO Core Health Indicators)
	Measles vaccination rate		95% (NID campaign 2010)	92% (NID campaign 2009)
	Number of cholera cases / cholera case fatality rate		789 / 2.5% (MoHCW Weekly Disease Surveillance System 2010)	68,153 / 3.9% (MoHCW Weekly Disease Surveillance System 2009)
Food Security	Global Hunger Index		GHI 20.9: alarming level: 58th out of 84 countries	GHI 18.6: serious level (1990, using data from 1988 – 1992)
Nutrition	Chronic malnutrition (stunting)		34% (NNS 2010)	26% (DHS 2000)
	Global acute malnutrition (GAM)		2.4% (NNS) 2010)	2.4% (MIMS 2009)
	Percentage children receiving minimal acceptable diet		8% (NNS 2010)	N/A
WASH	Proportion of population with sustainable access to an improved drinking water source		68% rural (NNS 2010)	40-50% rural (Zimbabwe CSO 2008 estimates)
	Proportion of population with access to safe sanitation		50% rural (NNS 2010)	25-30% rural (Zimbabwe CSO 2008 estimates)
Other vulnerability indices	ECHO Vulnerability and Crisis Index score		3/3: most severe level (2009 GNA)	3/3: most severe level (2008-2009 GNA)
	Human Development Index		0.140: 169 out of 169 ranked countries / low human development (2010)	0.555: 130th out of 174 countries (2000)
	HIV prevalence among adults (15-49 years)		13.7% (NAC 2009)	15.6% (MoHCW 2007)

 

 

 

Table I:       Requirements and funding (grouped by cluster)

 

as of 30 June 2011 http://fts.unocha.org

Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organizations.

 

Cluster	Original requirements	Revised requirements	Funding	Unmet requirements	% Covered	Uncommitted pledges
	($) A	($) B	($) C	($) D=B-C	E=C/B	($) F
AGRICULTURE	25,297,088	80,603,794	10,988,311	69,615,483	14%	-
COORDINATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES	4,285,778	4,463,486	1,540,859	2,922,627	35%	500,000
EDUCATION[4]	32,360,000	32,360,000	2,377,054	29,982,946	7%	-
FOOD	158,630,642	167,694,962	93,834,359	73,860,603	56%	-
HEALTH	28,342,152	28,342,152	5,483,914	22,858,238	19%	-
LIVELIHOODS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING & INFRASTRUCTURE	31,083,076	31,083,076	1,061,322	30,021,754	3%	-
MULTI-SECTOR	26,419,504	26,419,504	1,633,704	24,785,800	6%	-
NUTRITION	13,912,500	14,219,963	1,998,322	12,221,641	14%	-
PROTECTION	41,845,000	41,845,000	4,054,984	37,790,016	10%	-
WATER,SANITA-TION AND HYGIENE	53,100,000	61,550,421	17,403,759	44,146,662	28%	-
CLUSTER NOT YET SPECIFIED	-	-	1,447,774	n/a	n/a	-
Grand Total	415,275,740	488,582,358	141,824,362	346,757,996	29%	500,000

 

NOTE:              "Funding" means Contributions + Commitments + Carry-over

 

Contribution:     the actual payment of funds or transfer of in-kind goods from the donor to the recipient entity.

Commitment:    creation of a legal, contractual obligation between the donor and recipient entity, specifying the amount to be contributed.

Pledge:            a non-binding announcement of an intended contribution or allocation by the donor. ("Uncommitted pledge" on these tables indicates the balance of original pledges not yet committed.)

 

The list of projects and the figures for their funding requirements in this document are a snapshot as of 30 June 2011. For continuously updated information on projects, funding requirements, and contributions to date, visit the Financial Tracking Service (fts.unocha.org).

Table II:      Appeal funding to date per organization

 

as of 30 June 2011 http://fts.unocha.org

Compiled by OCHA on the basis of information provided by donors and appealing organizations.

 

Appealing organization	Original requirements	Revised requirements	Funding	Uncommitted pledges
	($) A	($) B	($) C	($) F
ADRA Denmark	-	-	394,218	-
ADRA Zimbabwe	-	-	569,000	-
CSU	-	-	25,000	-
ERF (OCHA)	-	-	1,447,774	-
FAO	-	-	9,239,300	-
GOAL	-	-	647,576	-
IMC	-	-	643,188	-
IOM	-	-	4,556,178	-
IRC	-	-	1,854,793	-
Johanniter Unfallhilfe e.V.	-	-	307,278	-
MEDAIR	-	-	1,871,386	-
Mercy Corps	-	-	999,251	-
NRC	-	-	435,500	-
OCHA	-	-	1,540,859	500,000
PRIZE	-	-	22,630,000	-
PSI	-	-	1,098,415	-
Solidarités-France	-	-	361,385	-
UNDP	-	-	400,000	-
UNFPA	-	-	897,231	-
UNHCR	-	-	1,597,582	-
UNICEF	-	-	17,739,579	-
WFP	-	-	72,101,580	-
WHO	-	-	467,289	-
Estimated requirements (not organization-specific in current method)	415,275,740	488,582,358	-	-
Grand Total	415,275,740	488,582,358	141,824,362	500,000

 

NOTE:              "Funding" means Contributions + Commitments + Carry-over

 

Contribution:     the actual payment of funds or transfer of in-kind goods from the donor to the recipient entity.

Commitment:    creation of a legal, contractual obligation between the donor and recipient entity, specifying the amount to be contributed.

Pledge:            a non-binding announcement of an intended contribution or allocation by the donor. ("Uncommitted pledge" on these tables indicates the balance of original pledges not yet committed.)

 

The list of projects and the figures for their funding requirements in this document are a snapshot as of 30 June 2011. For continuously updated information on projects, funding requirements, and contributions to date, visit the Financial Tracking Service (fts.unocha.org).