• More Zimbabweans are at risk of hunger as the midseason dry spell destroyed about 30 per cent of area planted in the 2011/12 agricultural season.
• Malaria cases shoot above 109,000 in the first quarter of 2012.
• $19.6 million urgently needed for food assistance programmes.
• Lightning kills four children, leaves some severely burnt and destroys class rooms in three provinces.

TARGET BENEFICIARIES
8.07 million

TOTAL FUNDING REQUESTED
$271.88 million

FUNDING REQUEST PER BENEFICIARY
$33.70

FUNDING REQUEST UNDER ZUNDAF (2012-2015)
$253.68 million

• Refugees 4435 (In-country), 24089 (Abroad)
• Chronic Malnutrition (Stunting) 34% (FNC 2010) (WHO std: 34%, NCHS ref 27.1%)
• Crude Death Rate 15 /1,000 (Unicef 2009)
• Maternal Mortality Rate 790/100,000 (Unicef 2008)
• Population living on <$1 per day 56.1% (UNDP HDR 2008)
• Under 5 age Mortality Rate 94 per 1,000 (MIMS 2009)
• Cholera Fatality Rate 2.5% (MoHCW 2010)
• Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) 2.4% (NNS 2010) (WHO std: 2.1%, NCHS ref: 2.1%)

• 1.446 million vulnerable people at risk of food insecurity (ZIMVAC assessment May 2011)
• 8 million people with limited access to WASH/health services
• A third of the population uses unsafe water (ZIMVAC 2010)
• 13.7% HIV prevalence rate
• 3.488 million children vulnerable (including orphans)
• 1 million children under 5 years at risk of malnutrition
• 1140 cholera cases in 2011. Cholera affected districts decreased by 50% and Case Fatality rate increased from 2.1 to 3.9 in 2011. (MoHCW/WHO epidemiological reports)

• Contributions to projects not listed in the CAP amount to $ 28.6 million.
• Overall funding to Zimbabwe (inside and outside the appeal) amounts to $ 239.3 million.