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Zimbabwe: Annual Appeal No. MAAZW001
International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
January 01, 2006

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This appeal seeks CHF6,680,475(1) to fund programmes and activities to be implemented in 2006 and 2007. These programmes are aligned with the International Federation's Global Agenda, which sets out four broad goals to meet the Federation's mission to "improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity".

Global Agenda goals:

1. Reduce the numbers of deaths, injuries and impact from disasters.
2. Reduce the number of deaths, illnesses and impact from diseases and public health emergencies.
3. Increase local community, civil society and Red Cross and Red Crescent capacity to address the most urgent situations of vulnerability.
4. Reduce intolerance, discrimination and social exclusion and promote respect for diversity and human dignity.

The International Federation is the world's largest humanitarian organization, and its millions of volunteers are active in over 183 countries. Our aim is to build safer communities, able to prevent and respond to human suffering in times of crises and distress, and where people work together to promote hope, dignity and equity. We work to support vulnerable communities through neutral, impartial, independent humanitarian action, in accordance with our Fundamental Principles and in line with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Code of Conduct, the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, and the SPHERE Project.

The following programme is included in this Appeal narrative; however, its associated budget is integrated within other programme budgets.

Focus in 2006
Zimbabwe Red Cross Society health and care programme continues to be guided by the Federation Strategy 2010 and ARCHI 2010, mainly focusing on first aid training, home-based care (HBC) and community-based health care. Malaria prevention is also a component of community health education as is HIV/AIDS prevention, and hygiene education.

The broad strategy for the national society remains that of prevention, care and support. The number of orphans and other children made vulnerable by the effects on HIV/AIDS (OVC) are on the increase reaching 1,300,000 and the national society will continue to assist with educational, material and psychological support to ensure they remain in school, are food secure and socially stable. The water and sanitation projects will be implemented in integration with HBC, providing clean water and adequate sanitation.

Livelihoods of the individuals have been severally disrupted by the government’s ‘clean-up/restore order’ operation started in May 2005. It had a strong impact on the very poor, the chronically sick, and the child-headed households. In urban and peri-urban areas, up to 45% of the 18,000 HBC clients and OVC assisted by Zimbabwe Red Cross Society are no longer contactable at their register residential addresses, which poses a threat on the sustainability of the programme. The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society launched a five month emergency appeal to assist these vulnerable groups and in 2006 will embark on building community resilience.

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