OPERATIONAL CONTEXT AND KEY RESULTS: DanChurchAid is working in Zimbabwe, a country facing the serious negative impact of climate change, protracted economic and political crisis. In response to the operational context DCA works with local implementing local partners to achieve the following:
Resilience building, supporting 48.000 households translating to approximately 240.000 individuals
Climate change related disaster response including drought and cyclones 240 000 individuals
Interventions to address Food Insecurity facing 29.000 individuals. These include cash transfers to improve food purchasing power in peri-urban settings such as Epworth near Harare
DCA works with partners in supporting smallholder farmers to enhance food and income security, reaching a total of 48 000 households
FACTS: In 2019 DCA in coordination with other agencies fed 5 million people facing ● DCA operated in Zimbabwe from the early to the late 1980s providing food shortages in both rural and urban settings support to refugees following the war of independence. In 2014, DCA reopened its offices to respond to the worsening economic and DCA is working with churches to promote social cohesion humanitarian situation in the country. through peace building initiatives ● Offices in country: The country office is in Harare, with a field office located in Bulawayo. WHAT WE DO: ● Beneficiaries in 2019: 240 000 individuals In Zimbabwe DCA focuses primarily on three programmatic areas namely; ● Turnover in 2019: EUR 5,973,687 ● Projects: 9 Right to Food: DCA supports smallholder farmer households to improve production and productivity while ● Employees: 58 mainstreaming resilience building, value chain development, climate change adaptation and mitigation. ● Partners: Future of Hope Foundation, Pro Africa, Institute for Rural Technologies (IRT), Organisation of Rural Associations for Progress Humanitarian Work: In Zimbabwe, DCA supports individuals affected by disasters including drought, flooding and (ORAP), ProAfrica, CCBICA, Midlands State University. (MSU), Farmer economic crisis, to meet basic needs and restore their livelihoods. Associations of Self Help Groups, Techno serve; Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre, Stimulus Africa Foundation, Christian Youth Volunteers Trust Active Citizenship: DCA aims to enhance active citizenship by promoting social cohesion through peace building (CYVAT),Hilfswerk Austria International (HWA); Bulawayo Projects Centre, initiatives. Zimbabwe Council of Churches, Zimbabwe Devine Destiny, Zimbabwe Christian AllianceLilongwe and Karonga), Church of Central African CONTACT: Presbyterian (CCAPs Blantyre and Livingstonia Health Depts.) Country Director: Mads Lindegård // Email: [email protected] // Phone: +263 (0204) 704
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MASHONALAND WEST HOW AND WHERE WE WORK : HARARE DCA works with partners in Manicaland, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North and South provinces, Harare METROPOLITAN metropolitan and Bulawayo metropolitan provinces of Zimbabwe. Harare ● In Manicaland DCA is supporting households affected by cyclone IDAI with early recovery and psycho-social support to church and community leaders. MATABELELAND ZIMBABWE NORTH ● In Matabeleland North and South DCA works with partners, under the auspices of the Zimbabwe Resilience Building MANICALAND Fund supported by the UNDP in Insiza, Lupane and Matobo districts. ● In Harare metropolitan province DCA is piloting urban cash transfer programming to households in Epworth and other BULAWAYO districts coupled with complementary livelihood work. METROPOLITAN ● In Mashonaland West DCA is supporting smallholder dairy farmers to participate in an innovative milk value chain. Bulawayo ● The church-led peace building work covers Bindura district in Mashonaland Central, Epworth District in Harare, Mzilikazi in Bulawayo, Gweru and Kwekwe in Midlands province and Mutare and Chimanimani in Manicaland MATABELELAND SOUTH MASVINGO
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DCA Zimbabwe is grateful for the support from our donors:
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK Danida
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