GOAL has been supporting vulnerable populations in Zimbabwe since 2002, when it first responded to the country’s food security crisis. Today GOAL operates in Harare Urban Region and in seven districts in Manicaland Province: Chipinge, Chimanimani, Mutare, Nyanga, Buhera, Makoni and Mutasa, as well as the Tongogara Refugee Camp. Programming is designed to build resilience and sustainable livelihoods by improving health, WASH and nutrition systems, supporting refugees and strengthening the value chains to needed to foster long-term financial security.
Key achievements:
- Over 4.5 million people reached with mobile health, hygiene and Gender-Based Violence messaging since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Reached almost 4 million people with emergency preparedness initiatives in 2021, to improve resilience to increasing shocks caused by climate change, such as strorms, drought and flooding.
- Over 7,700 children treated for severe acute malnutrition across six districts in Zimbabwe in early 2021.