The situation in storm-ravaged Chimanimani remains desperate after three months
20 June 2019 - 21:35Women in Chimanimani dry clothes after Cyclone Idai, March 19 2019. Picture: ZINYANGE AUNTONY / AFP
The situation in Chimanimani remains desperate with thousands reported to be in need of food aid and shelter during winter. More than a hundred people are still missing. “It’s heartbreaking, nearly three months after the cyclone’s landfall over a hundred people are still missing, thousands are displaced in camps and host communities and the damage to livelihoods has increased the chronic food security situation already present.”
The UN notes that HIV patients in the area “face a double dilemma of being unable to access drugs and even if they access them, not being able to properly absorb them on an empty stomach”. Zimbabwe has appealed for $613m in aid from local and foreign donors to cover food imports and help with the humanitarian crisis caused by cyclone Idai.Local government minister July Moyo said the government still faced various challenges, including providing food assistance not only to cyclone survivors but the entire country.
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