DRA ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE JOINT RESPONSE
At the community garden ◄ “The water source didn’t function and the
Zambia and Zimbabwe
dam was drying due to heat and poor rainfall. The Dutch Relief Alliance supported 200
DURATION: March 2020 – November 2020 TOTAL BUDGET: €695,071 -– spent in 2020 €653,522
villagers and 500 cattle, by rehabilitating our water point. Now, it also assists us in watering our nutritional community garden, which is one of our primary sources of food.”
Project description
Osthuizen Chirumbwana (42), Secretary of
Zimbabwe faces extreme food insecurity and
Kotiva Village Committee, Matabeleland
water-borne diseases - due to the inaccessi-
North, Zimbabwe
bility of clean water and poor hygiene practices - as a result of a prolonged drought,
Ngwenya
exacerbated by a severe economic crisis. The joint response in Zambia and Zimbabwe targets the most vulnerable households, with
“Sometimes I crossed the border fence with
the aim of improving direct access to food,
Botswana in search for water, around midday
protecting and rebuilding livelihoods, contrib-
when villagers had left for the fields. There
uting to the structural response to drought,
was also the risk of being raped in the
providing access to clean drinking water and
bushes, being beaten or arrested. Since our
increasing hygiene and nutrition awareness,
borehole was rehabilitated, I can now access water close by. The risks of being caught are
and screening and treating children under five and pregnant and breastfeeding women for
Target group
malnutrition.
The targeted 72 rural communities in the Seke district were selected as there are no
production for 2,100 households. • Providing farming inputs (maize seed and fertiliser) for 2,100 households. • Distribution of food in kind for 4 months for
The design of the intervention is based on the
other humanitarian actors besides the
sectors directly linked to the drought and the
government, who provides minimal support.
2,100 households to save lives and
severe economic crisis, in line with the
Moreover, we supported people in need in the
improve the nutritional condition of families
recommendations of the clusters, based on
nearby Chitungwiza urban area. Vulnerable
and children (food ration in line with the
the expertise of the partners and the comple-
groups prioritised were households run by
World Food Programme standard).
mentarity with other ongoing interventions.
children and women, the elderly, disabled,
Partners work in both rural and urban areas
chronically ill and survivors of sexual gender-
Protection mainstreaming
depending on locally identified needs. SOS
based violence.
• Facilitating child protection meetings x 1
Children’s Villages contributed to the intervention in Zimbabwe. We worked in the same
Main activities and results
areas as DRA partner ICCO (now: Cordaid),
SOS Children’s Villages reached a total of
maximising the impact of the programme
49,200 people through various activities in the
through complementary activities.
following areas. A summary of our main activities and results.
behind us.” Ngwenya, mother of 6 and foster
• Establishing and strengthening 61
parent of 3 other children; villager of
water committees to maintain water
Bambadzi, a remote Zimbabwean village
points and promote the use of safe
bordering Botswana.▼
drinking water and regulate water use for irrigation and livestock. • Capacity building of 50 community health volunteers regarding Participatory Health and Hygiene education. • Awareness raising campaign for 8,210 households (32,840 people) to prevent
per ward targeting 15 participants per ward
water-borne deceases and diarrhoea, and
(45 people).
promote nutritional awareness and dietary
• Facilitating child protection meetings at
diversity.
district level for 20 people. • Conducting a men’s forum targeting 270 men. • Conducting community awareness with
Following the outbreak of the global Covid-19
water sources – reaching 49,200 people.
Impact 49,200 people have been given access to clean drinking and washing water, and of
pandemic, the project’s duration was
Food Security & Livelihood
900 people to empower them with regard
these 8,400 have also been given access to
extended to 30 November 2020 and
• Provision of vegetable seeds and organic
to their rights.
food, which has helped them bridge a period of
additional budget was made available to meet increasing needs in both Zimbabwe and Zambia. 32 | SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES ANNUAL REPORT 2020
fertiliser for kitchen gardens for 2,100 households (8,400 people). • Training and coaching on vegetable
crisis. WASH • Rehabilitation and protection of 61
