The relentless slide continues
By Barnabus Thondlana
Following Zimbabwe’s recent international plea for humanitarian
aid to ease looming food shortages, the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP), says it hopes to raise an estimated $80m from donors. UNDP resident
representative, Victor Angelo, told Africa Business in December that following
Zimbabwe’s recent appeal for food and non-food assistance, the UN had
met with the donor community twice and was formulating a response under
its humanitarian assistance programme.
“The overall budget of the UN humanitarian response programme that
we are currently formulating is approximately $80m. However, this is a
very preliminary estimate,” said Angelo. “We still have to look
more precisely at the hardships of people in urban and peri-urban areas
as well as needs related to farm workers. It is too early to say what
the response will be. But the World Food Programme is in the last stages
of approving a food assistance package.”.
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