CAPACITY STATEMENT HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY AFFAIRS: ZAMBIA Technical Capacity: Humanitarian Emergency Affairs Through emergency relief, World Vision Over 488 durable and environmentally Zambia (WVZ) are helping people affected by friendly latrines where constructed in conflict and disasters (natural and man-made). refugee settlements targeting households For sustainability, WVZ mobilizes resources and institutions. All the interventions for responding to disasters in-country. Our follow approved processes to minimize team also work with other institutions and negative impacts on the environment and implementing partners to train, prevent and after completion of the interventions, the strengthen risk and disastrous situations. project teams ensure that the environment is restored, through tree planting and other Common humanitarian situations in Zambia measures. include an influx of refugees and asylum seekers, climate related emergencies like drought and flood with a budget of over $40m. WVZ partners with the Government of Zambia, Humanitarian Agencies and donors Under Food Security and Livelihood, WVZ in responding to emerging situations and save provided monthly food rations to over lives. 491,000 people who were hit with drought. In 2020, WVZ responded to COVID-19, To address the effects of adverse climate, drought and an influx of refugees. In total the organization provided in training in WVZ drilled 169 boreholes and rehabilitated Climate Smart Agriculture and provided 376 non-functional water points across the tools and climate resilient seeds. In refugee country. In order to ensure sustainability settlements, WVZ introduced and promoted of the water-points constructed and energy saving stoves in order to discourage rehabilitated, the organization trained over the population from indiscriminate cutting 841 Water Management Committees across of trees for charcoal and energy. The the country. interventions also target the planting of trees, fruits and other environmental friendly livelihood interventions like bee keeping. 1 CAPACITY STATEMENT>> ZAMBIA HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY AFFAIRS COVID-19 Emergency Response WVZ’s response goal is to reduce, prevent and control the transmission of COVID-19 and support 1,480,955 people and vulnerable communities in WVZ’s working areas through: 1. Scaling up preventive measures to limit the spread of COVID-19. 2. Strengthening health systems and workers. 3. Supporting children impacted by COVID-19 through education, child protection, food and livelihoods. 4. Collaborating and advocating to ensure children are protected. Despite the challenges caused by COVID-19, WVZ continues to distribute emergency lifesaving humanitarian food supplies in Western and Southern Zambia. Food distribution in Gwembe district, in the Southern province of Zambia, one of the most affected by drought classified as Integrated Phase Classification IPC 4. WVZ has introduced interventions at all distribution points to prevent and respond to the coronavirus. WVZ with support from USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) is responding to the humanitarian emergency by responding to immediate humanitarian needs, while also supporting interventions to build community resilience to mitigate and respond to future shocks. The 2019/2020 WVZ drought response strategy focuses on providing timely life-saving humanitarian assistance to 557,031 drought affected people in 27 districts across Zambia, including 63,036 Registered Children. The drought response is supporting the delivery of agricultural and other livelihoods assistance to drought-affected populations in Western Province’s Sioma District. Over 2,200 farming households are targeted under the $100,000 intervention in Sioma. The humanitarian response is focused on building resilience amid the dry conditions. To help mitigate the spread of the pandemic the WVZ Board of Directors, partners from the private sector and friends of WVZ united in resource mobilization efforts to ensure that pupils have access to PPE, adequate hygiene and sanitation facilities to reduce the risk of contracting the virus. Partners include, private Zambian citizens, Airtel, Absa, Bankers Association of Zambia and Madison General. 2 CAPACITY STATEMENT>> ZAMBIA HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY AFFAIRS Funding Portfolio and Management PROJECT BUDGET DURATION BENEFICIARIES/DE- LOCATION SCRIPTION Zambia Drought Hu- USD6,888,000 October 2019 • 19,916 people Southern province: Gwem- manitarian Response - June 2020 • 98,167 households be, Kazungula (ZDHR - DFID) Western province: Shangombo DMMU/WFP Drought US$ 4, 444,425 December • 392,892 Vulnerable food 13 districts in Southern Emergency Assistance 2019 - July insecure households and western provinces of 2020 Zambia: Kaoma, Nkeyema, Luampa, Sioma, Mazabuka, Chikankata, Siavonga, Kazun- gula, Gwembe, Shangombo. Humanitarian Response US$100,000 December • 4,200 men, women, boys, Monze, Southern province Project – WV Singapore 2019 – April girls 2020 Zambia Hunger Emer- US$100,00 December • 2,200 farming house- Sioma district, Werstern gency Response – US- 2019 - January holds (13,200 individ- province AID/OFDA 2020 uals) WASH Services to the ZMW 37,231,188.92 August 2019 • Refugees and Host Com- Luapula, Lusaka, North Refugees and Host (US$2,303,910.21) - November munity Western, Western and Communities 2020 Northern Province Distribution of Core ZMW2,133,131.23 January - De- • 15,000 refugees Makeni transit centre in Relief Items (CRI) and cember 2020 Lusaka and Mantapala set- the provision of Child tlement in Nchelenge Protection services Sustainable Livelihoods US$96,194 December • 2,000 Refugee/asylum Mantapala refugee settle- for DRC Refugees and 2018 seekers and host com- ment in Nchelenge Host Communit munity Zambia Livelihood 500,000 May 2020 - • Direct beneficiaries Monze district, Southern Resilience Strengthening May 2021 4,000 men, women, boys, Province Project (Z-LRSP) girls • Indirect beneficiaries 12,120 Men, women, boys and girls. Emergency Nutrition ZMW23,748,499 May 2020 - • 9,093 children with SAM, Southern province: Chikan- Support to Children <5 December 18,885 children with kata, Gwembe, Kazungula, years and Pregnant and 2020 MAM and 53,803 Preg- Mazabuka, Lactating Women nant and Lactating Wom- en WASH Infection Pre- ZMW2,121,637 August 2020 • 100 OTP/ITP centres 19 districts in southern and vention and Control in - November western provinces Outpatient/In-Patient 2020 Therapeutic Centres i Zambia COVID-19 Edu- ZMW41,738,206 October 2020 • 120,000 girls and 80,000 Muchinga province: Shi- cation Sector Response - September boys wangandu, Isoka, Nakonde, (UNICEF-GPE) 2021 • 1,000 females and 800 Chinsali. male Teachers Southern province: Pemba, • 1,000 schools Sinazongwe, Zimba, Gwem- be 3 CAPACITY STATEMENT>> ZAMBIA HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY AFFAIRS Collaborations WVZ works with other institutions and implementing partners to train, prevent and strengthen risk and disastrous situations. Working with relevant partners and experts increases our effectiveness and efficiency. We work with Government line ministries which include Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, Ministry of Health, Ministry of General Education, Commissioner for Refugees (CoR), Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit, District Agriculture Coordinators, District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC), Satellite Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), Department of Forestry, Provincial and District Health Offices, National Food and Nutrition Commission, Directorate of Planning and Information (DPI), Directorate of Open and Distance Education (DODE), Early Childhood Education (ECE), Teacher Education and Specialised Services (TESS) and Curriculum and Standards. In adition, we also work with NGO’s, UN and USA development agency’s such as Action Africa Help (AAH), World Renew, CARE, Caritas Czech Republic, Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), WFP, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNOCHA, FAO, DFID and USAID/OFDA Point of Contact Jason Befus Bernard Zgambo Resource Acquisition Director Humanitarian Emergency Affairs Director [email protected] [email protected] +260 971469923 +260 971252343 4.