FACTSHEET: Zimbabwe food aid and COVID-19 - ZimFact
Ngoni Mhuruyengwe
April 20, 2020
At least half of Zimbabwe’s population was already facing food shortages before the world was hit by the coronavirus crisis.
Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted food distribution and supply chains, leaving a majority of both rural and urban poor exposed to serious food and nutrition insecurity.
This a snapshot of some of the initiatives by humanitarian organisations, the government and the private sector supporting communities facing food insecurity during the COVID-19:
***South Korea donated US$200 000 and the USAID US$113,7m to the WFP for Zimbabwe
***WFP recently made an additional appeal of US$21m, a funding shortfall on top of the existing gap of US$130m
*** Zimbabwe government cash transfer is about ZW$200, which is not enough to adequately feed the vulnerable in an inflationary environment (Exchange Rate 16.04.20. US/ZW$  official US$ – ZW$25, Black market rates US$ – ZW$49,3, Zimra rates US$ – ZW$46.5)
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