Appeal
Zambia
Food Relief Assistance to Flood Affected Population - AFZA91
Appeal Target: US$ 542,728
Geneva, 19 February 2009
The 2008/9 rainy season in Zambia has been characterized by excessive rains that have caused floods in a number of districts. The Southern Province of Zambia was the worst hit, with over 20,000 households directly affected. Over 5,000 houses were damaged, and people have re-settled in temporary shelter, set up by the Government of Zambia and other humanitarian organisations.
The damage to crops is equally immense. Most of the planted fields have either been washed away or are flooded in the affected areas. In Zambezi and Chavuma districts for instance, cassava, rice and maize crops are the most affected while maize and rice fields on the lower plain have been flooded, destroying the entire harvests. The situation will surely result in reduced or no yields in the affected areas and this will make households in these communities food insecure in the coming months.
ACT Forum Zambia received USD 46,283 as a Rapid Response Fund in January 2009, which provided for initial emergency assistance. The Lutheran World Federation-Department for World Service/Zambia Christian Refugee Service (LWF-DWS/ZCRS) and the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) are in the centre of the promotion of this Appeal. However, also Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) and Danish Church Aid (DCA) were involved in the design of the emergency response. LWF-DWS/ZCRS and CCZ working through the local ACT forum are making a request to respond through provision of one time food rations to affected populations in the district Namwala, Monze, and Zambezi.
Project Completion Date: 15 May 2009
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We would appreciate being informed of any intent to submit applications for EU, USAID and/or other back donor funding and the subsequent results. We thank you in advance for your kind cooperation.
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Flood waters lap at the edge of the Fortescue Bridge in the Pilbara Region in northern part of Western Australia state in this handout picture received February 18, 2009. Flooding rivers ...
