WFP Zimbabwe Country Brief, April 2021
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2,598 MT food assistance procured in April 2021
US $3.8 million cash-based transfers made in April 2021
US $27.6 million shortfall (May – October 2021)
1.8 million people assisted in April 2021
Operational Updates
In April, WFP’s Lean Season Assistance programme scaled up to reach 1.5 million people across 28 rural districts with in-kind food assistance.
The Urban Food Security and Resilience Building programme is active in 24 urban domains across the country. A total of 321,813 people currently receive USD 12 per person per month via value voucher or remittance exchange. The transfer value is priced to cover 62 percent of an individual’s basic food needs.
World Food Program Helping Needy Zimbabwe Families
December 12, 2020
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Clare Nevile of the World Food Program speaking about the Urban Food Security and Resilience Cash Transfer initiative in which beneficiaries are given cash cards to purchase foodstuffs in Zimbabwe. Nevile speaks with Studio 7 correspondent Gandri Maramba in Masvingo. (Video: Gandri Maramba)
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