ZIMBABWE PEOPLE IN NEED 4.07M PEOPLE TARGETED 4.07M REQUIREMENTS (US$) 1.04B AVAILABLE FUNDS, GOV. 1.3M AVAILABLE FUNDS PARTNERS 47.2M Sectors Requested Food & Agriculture 4.1M People Targeted Wash 1.4M People Targeted Health & Nutrition 492k People Targeted Protection 400k People Targeted Overview/Context Where Zimbabwe should have received between 300mm and 500mm of rainfall by the beginning of 2016, most of the country received less than 300mm The current situation follows a poor harvest season in 2014/15 when cereal production declined by 43 per cent compared to the previous 5-year average, causing a cereal deficit of 650,000 tonnes (950,000 tonnes compared to the requirement of 1.6 million tonnes). The preliminary estimate of cereal deficits for the current marketing year is even greater, at 900,000 tonnes. This prompted the Government to declare a national disaster on 5 February 2016, appealing for US$1.5B. The appeal is for both immediate and short term needs to address the impacts of the drought. Of the US$1.5B, US$1.04B is for immediate humanitarian needs The prevailing national average maize grain price of $0.44/kg is 38 per cent higher than the same period last year ($0.32/kg). As a result of the reduction in land under cultivation (estimates are that only 35 per cent of the normal area has been planted this year), there has been a reduction in the demand for casual labour for planting and weeding – a key source of income during the hunger gap period, making rural populations more vulnerable to food insecurity. The number of households deriving income and grain from casual labour has significantly decreased by 45 per cent according to the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee, thereby impacting the livelihoods of many rural families. During the past months, livestock conditions and consequently livestock prices have decreased significantly in some districts as a result of poor grazing, water shortages and disease outbreaks. More than 23,000 cattle deaths have been reported in the drier districts of the country. Drought has its greatest impact on water supplies. The low rainfall has also reduced the amount of available water, affecting power generation, agriculture and potable water availability from boreholes for human and livestock consumption. The national average for dam levels is below 50 per cent. Access to drinking water has fallen from the previous year from 77 per cent (WHO/ UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP)) to 71 per cent (ZimVAC). As the drought continues, access is expected to decrease as water sources dry up. Access to drinking water is compounded by more chronic issues including the non-functioning of many boreholes and urban water treatment and distribution systems due to insufficient investment in maintenance. When this is coupled with less than half the population accessing improved sanitation, (46.5 per cent) and a 37 per cent open defecation rate there is a high risk of disease outbreaks in both rural and urban areas. Harare metropolitan area is currently experiencing a typhoid outbreak with more than 1,000 cases recorded. Eroded productive capacity of vulnerable farming households and increased food prices have resulted in a significant increase in food and nutrition insecurity, including higher rates of malnutrition especially in the most food insecure districts. GAM is at 5.7 per cent, the highest in the past 15 years. According to the ZimVAC and linked to the drought, SGBV and teenage pregnancies were reported to be on the increase in most districts with some households resorting to 65