A major support project has been launched by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to end hunger in the Southern African country of Zimbabwe.
The plan which will last for five years will cost the UN food programme over $250 million. Millions of Zimbabweans are in dire need of food support due to a devastating drought.
The drought has affected other parts of the Southern African region as crops and livestock have been destroyed.
The WFP representative in Zimbabwe, Eddie Rowe announced on Monday as he spoke to reporters that the agency would now focus on technical assistance to improve food security.
“The WFP Zimbabwe’s new country strategic plan focuses on supporting longer-term national social protection and resilience efforts, strengthening the systems and institutions needed to help achieve zero hunger,” Rowe said.
Hundreds of Zimbabweans have fled areas worst hit by the drought to escape hardship.
Last year the country’s president, Robert Mugabe declared a ‘state of disaster’ in rural areas hit by the drought as more than a quarter of the population faced food shortages.
Source: Africafeeds.com
