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FM AMEMBASSY HARARE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5738
INFO AMEMBASSY NAIROBI PRIORITY 
AMEMBASSY GABORONE PRIORITY 
AMEMBASSY MAPUTO PRIORITY 
USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE//POLAD// PRIORITY
AMEMBASSY PRETORIA PRIORITY 
USMISSION GENEVA 
AMEMBASSY ROME 
DIA WASHINGTON DC
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 HARARE 002021 
 
SIPDIS 
 
AIDAC 
 
USAID/W FOR BHR/OFDA FOR B. SANDFORD, M. ROGERS; 
BHR/FFP FOR C.W.T. HAGELMAN3, B. VOGLER; AFR/SD FOR W. 
WHELAN; AFR/SA FOR N. NEWMAN, C. REINTSMA, W. JEFFERS, 
¶M. SCOVILL; STATE FOR AF/S RENDER AND GURNEY; NAIROBI 
FOR BHR/OFDA/ARO K. SMITH, G. GOTTLIEB; MAPUTO FOR 
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OFDA/DART H. CARLSON, E. JACKSON; GABORONE FOR RCSA, R 
MORTON; GENEVA PLEASE PASS TO UNOCHA, IFRC; ROME PLEASE 
PASS TO FODAG 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID ZI
SUBJECT:  ZIMBABWE FLOODING DISASTER SITUATION REPORT 
(SITREP) NO. 6 
 
REFS: (A) HARARE 1901, (B) HARARE 1730, 
 
C) HARARE 1588, (D) HARARE 1570, 
E) HARARE 1295, (F) HARARE 1162, (G) HARARE 1083 
 
¶1. SUMMARY: ON APRIL 6, MISSION DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER (MDRO) 
ATTENDED A THIRD GOVERNMENT-DONOR MEETING ON THE FLOODING 
DISASTER CHAIRED JOINTLY BY UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE 
RESREP) C. LOPES AND MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL 
HOUSING (MLGNH - PARENT MINISTRY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL 
PROTECTION) PERMANENT SECRETARY (PERMSEC) F. MUNYIRA.  AT 
THE MEETING, SEVERAL SPEAKERS PRESENTED UPDATES ON THE 
CURRENT SITUATION WITHIN THE AFFECTED AREAS, THE COLLECTIVE 
RESPONSE TO DATE, REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS ON THIS SUBJECT, 
AND CURRENT AND FUTURE RESPONSE ACTIVITIES AND PRIORITIES. 
EACH OF THESE SUBJECTS IS COVERED BRIEFLY IN THE FOLLOWING 
SECTIONS, TOGETHER WITH SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THE 
MISSION HAS RECEIVED SEPARATELY ON THIS SUBJECT.  MOST OF 
THIS INFORMATION IS DOCUMENTED IN SEVERAL HANDOUTS PROVIDED 
AT THE MEETING WHICH HAVE BEEN FORWARDED DIRECTLY BACK TO 
WASHINGTON, D.C. (C/O N. NEWMAN, USAID/ZIMBABWE DESK OFFICER 
AT USAID/AFR/SA). 
END SUMMARY. 
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THIRD DONOR MEETING 
 
¶2. ON APRIL 6, MISSION DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER ATTENDED 
THIRD GOVERNMENT-DONOR MEETING ON THE FLOODING DISASTER 
CHAIRED JOINTLY BY UNDP RESREP LOPES AND MLGNH PERMSEC 
MUNYIRA.  AT THE MEETING, SEVERAL SPEAKERS PRESENTED UPDATES 
ON THE CURRENT SITUATION WITHIN THE AFFECTED AREAS, THE 
COLLECTIVE RESPONSE TO DATE, REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS ON THIS 
SUBJECT, AND CURRENT AND FUTURE RESPONSE ACTIVITIES AND 
PRIORITIES.  EACH OF THESE SUBJECTS IS COVERED BRIEFLY IN 
THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS, TOGETHER WITH SOME ADDITIONAL 
INFORMATION THE MISSION HAS RECEIVED SEPARATELY ON THIS 
SUBJECT. 
 
DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS 
 
¶3. PERMSEC MUNYIRA STARTED THE MEETING BY EXTENDING THE 
GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S (GOZ'S) APPRECIATION FOR THE 
"TREMENDOUS" RESPONSE TO THE DISASTER TO DATE FROM 
INTERNATIONAL, BILATERAL AS WELL AS LOCAL SOURCES. 
HANDOUTS PROVIDED AT THE MEETING (FORWARDED TO WASHINGTON, 
D.C.) INDICATE THAT FORMAL DONOR COMMITMENTS TO DATE TOTAL 
SOME US$4 MILLION, INCLUDING US$1.1 MILLION FOR THE U.N. 
APPEAL (DISCUSSED REF. E AND PARA 14. BELOW). 
 
¶4. SEVERAL ADDITIONAL DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY 
NOTED AT THE MEETING, INCLUDING: 
 
-USAID'S PLANNED US$144,000 GRANT TO CATHOLIC RELIEF 
SERVICES (CRS) FOR THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY RELIEF 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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COMMODITIES TO 15,000 PEOPLE IN THE HARDEST HIT AREAS OF 
MANICALAND PROVINCE (SEE REF. B); 
 
-AN ADDITIONAL US$120,000 FROM THE SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (SIDA) FOR COMMODITY SUPPORT FOR CHIREDZI 
AND MATOPO DISTRICTS; 
 
-US$142,105 FROM CHRISTIAN CARE FOR ANTI-MALARIAL DRUGS, AND 
FOOD AND SHELTER IN MWENEZI DISTRICT; 
 
-US$25,000 FROM OED (AUSTRIAN AID) FOR UNSPECIFIED 
ASSISTANCE TO CHIMANIMANI DISTRICT. 
 
NOTE: ALL OF THESE ADDITIONAL PLEDGES ARE REFLECTED IN AN 
UPDATED DONOR FUNDING TABLE RECEIVED ON APRIL 11, WHICH 
BRINGS THE TOTAL FORMAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO DATE TO 
APPROXIMATELY US$4.5 MILLI 
ON.  END NOTE. 
 
-IN ADDITION, THE DANISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
(DANIDA) ANNOUNCED UNSPECIFIED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR WHO, 
 
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INFO AMEMBASSY NAIROBI PRIORITY 
AMEMBASSY GABORONE PRIORITY 
AMEMBASSY MAPUTO PRIORITY 
USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE//POLAD// PRIORITY 
AMEMBASSY PRETORIA PRIORITY 
USMISSION GENEVA 
AMEMBASSY ROME 
DIA WASHINGTON DC 
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY 
 
UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 03 HARARE 002021 
 
SIPDIS 
 
AIDAC 
 
USAID/W FOR BHR/OFDA FOR B. SANDFORD, M. ROGERS; 
BHR/FFP FOR C.W.T. HAGELMAN3, B. VOGLER; AFR/SD FOR W. 
WHELAN; AFR/SA FOR N. NEWMAN, C. REINTSMA, W. JEFFERS, 
¶M. SCOVILL; STATE FOR AF/S RENDER AND GURNEY; NAIROBI 
FOR BHR/OFDA/ARO K. SMITH, G. GOTTLIEB; MAPUTO FOR 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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MORTON; GENEVA PLEASE PASS TO UNOCHA, IFRC; ROME PLEASE 
PASS TO FODAG 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID ZI
SUBJECT:  ZIMBABWE FLOODING DISASTER SITUATION REPORT 
(SITREP) NO. 6 
 
CRS AND THE RED CROSS (C/O THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF 
RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES). 
 
-FINALLY, THE WORLD BANK (WB) ANNOUNCED AN UNSPECIFIED 
SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE FOR TRANSPORT (ROAD/BRIDGE) 
INFRASTRUCTURE REPAIRS, BY RE-PROGRAMMING FUNDS FROM A 
RECENTLY APPROVED WB ROADS PROJECT. THE WB INDICATED THAT 
THEY WOULD SOON BE ISSUING TENDERS TO START THE REQUIRED 
REPAIR WORKS. NOTE:  OTHER DONORS (E.G., SIDA) ALSO 
EXPRESSED A WILLINGNESS TO RE-PROGRAM EXISTING PROJECT FUNDS 
FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE IN SUCH AREAS AS HEALTH (CLINIC 
REHABILITATION), EDUCATION (SCHOOL REHABILITATION) AND 
DISTRICT-LEVEL CAPACITY-BUILDING, REQUESTING TIMELY GOZ 
COOPERATION TO FACILITATE THE REQUIRED RE-PROGRAMMING WORK. 
END NOTE. 
 
¶5. THE TOTAL LEVEL OF INFORMAL (I.E., LOCAL, NON- 
GOVERNMENTAL) CONTRIBUTIONS REMAINS LESS CLEAR.  PERMSEC 
MUNYIRA QUOTED A FIGURE OF Z$20 MILLION (US$250,000) IN 
LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO DATE, INCLUDING ABOUT ZW$8.4 MILLION 
(US$212,000) IN CASH; HOWEVER, IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS FIGURE 
WAS PROBABLY NOT COMPLETE.  NOTE:  THE US$4 MILLION FIGURE 
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CITED ABOVE INCLUDES SOME, BUT PROBABLY  NOT ALL, OF THE NGO 
AND RED CROSS FUNDING TO DATE.  END NOTE. 
 
IMPACT UPDATE 
 
¶6. DURING A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF IMPACTS FROM THE DISASTER, 
PERMSEC MUNYIRA CONFIRMED THAT THE OFFICIAL DEATH TOLL FROM 
THE FLOODING HAD NOW RISEN TO 119 PERSONS.  ALL OTHER 
PEOPLE-LEVEL IMPACT FIGURES REMAIN UNCHANGED (SEE REFTELS). 
 
¶7. MUNYIRA ALSO INDICATED THAT THE GOZ CIVIL PROTECTION 
DEPARTMENT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING A SYSTEMATIC 
ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES BY SECTOR AND "PLANNING THE WAY 
FORWARD".  ALLUDING TO THE DRAFT REPORT PROVIDED IN SITREP 
NO. 5 (REF. A), HE CITED A TOTAL FIGURE OF ABOUT ZW$1.1 
 
BILLION (US$27.5 MILLION) IN INFRASTRUCTURE DAMAGES ASSESSED 
TO DATE. 
 
¶8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE URBAN COUNCILS 
ASSOCIATION OF ZIMBABWE INDICATES ZW$314, 480,000 (US$7.8 
MILLION) IN DAMAGES TO MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE (E.G., 
ROADS, SEWERAGE, WASTE DISPOSAL, WATER SUPPLY AND PUBLIC 
LIGHTING SYSTEMS AND SERVICES).  THIS NEW INFORMATION ON 
MUNICIPAL IMPACTS HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. 
 
¶9. THE MISSION HAS ALSO RECEIVED FROM THE GOZ MINISTRY OF 
RURAL RESOURCES AND WATER DEVELOPMENT A SEPARATE LIST OF 
SOME 21 MAJOR DAMS DAMAGED BY THE FLOODS, TOTALING SOME 
ZW$67.8 MILLION (US$1.7 MILLION) IN REPAIR COSTS.   NOTE: 
THIS LIST DOES NOT/NOT INCLUDE SMALLER LOCAL/RURAL DAMS 
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ADMINISTERED UNDER THE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT FUND.  END NOTE. 
 
¶10. ALTHOUGH FOLLOW-ON HEALTH RISKS REMAIN HIGH, NO MAJOR 
DISEASE OUTBREAKS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE AFFECTED AREAS 
TO DATE. 
 
¶11. ADDITIONAL UPDATED IMPACT ASSESSMENT INFORMATION (E.G., 
FORESTRY, AGRICULTURAL, FOOD SECURITY, UTILITIES, ETC.) IS 
DOCUMENTED IN THE SEVERAL REPORTS DISTRIBUTED AT THE MEETING 
(WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET FORWARDED TO WASHINGTON, 
D.C.) . 
 
REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS 
 
¶12. PERMSEC MUNYIRA ALSO TOUCHED ON REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS 
UNDERWAY REGARDING THE DISASTER WITH NEIGHBORS BOTSWANA, 
SOUTH AFRICA AND MOZAMBIQUE.  NOTE:  MUNYIRA NOTED THAT IT 
WAS EXPECTED THAT OTHER SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT 
COMMUNITY (SADC) COUNTRIES WOULD BE JOINING THESE 
DISCUSSIONS SOON FOR A GREATER REGIONAL APPROACH TOWARDS 
THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC.  END NOTE.   PRIMARY AREAS OF REGIONAL 
 
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USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE//POLAD// PRIORITY 
AMEMBASSY PRETORIA PRIORITY 
USMISSION GENEVA 
AMEMBASSY ROME 
DIA WASHINGTON DC 
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY 
 
UNCLAS SECTION 03 OF 03 HARARE 002021 
 
SIPDIS 
 
AIDAC 
 
USAID/W FOR BHR/OFDA FOR B. SANDFORD, M. ROGERS; 
BHR/FFP FOR C.W.T. HAGELMAN3, B. VOGLER; AFR/SD FOR W. 
WHELAN; AFR/SA FOR N. NEWMAN, C. REINTSMA, W. JEFFERS, 
¶M. SCOVILL; STATE FOR AF/S RENDER AND GURNEY; NAIROBI 
FOR BHR/OFDA/ARO K. SMITH, G. GOTTLIEB; MAPUTO FOR 
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MORTON; GENEVA PLEASE PASS TO UNOCHA, IFRC; ROME PLEASE 
PASS TO FODAG 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID ZI
SUBJECT:  ZIMBABWE FLOODING DISASTER SITUATION REPORT 
(SITREP) NO. 6 
 
COOPERATION TO DATE INCLUDE DEFENSE, HEALTH AND 
CUSTOMS/BORDER RESTRICTIONS.  MUNYIRA INDICATED THAT MLGNH 
MINISTER J. NKOMO WAS IN CAPE TOWN (APRIL 6) TO DISCUSS 
FUTURE DISASTER PLANNING, PREPAREDNESS AND CONTINUING 
REGIONAL COOPERATION, INCLUDING PLANS TO ESTABLISH A NEW 
LONG-TERM SADC DISASTER MANAGEMENT UNIT. 
 
¶13. PERMSEC MUNYIRA ALSO NOTED THAT A RECENT MEETING OF 
PROVINCIAL-LEVEL CIVIL PROTECTION STAFF INDICATED THE NEED 
FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT (DOLLARS, 
STAFF, VEHICLES, ETC.) AND IMPROVED LOCAL-L 
EVEL COORDINATION 
(MORE BELOW). 
 
CURRENT PRIORITIES 
 
¶14. A. L. THON, SPOKESPERSON FOR THE NEWLY FORMED NGO 
LIAISON COMMITTEE ON DISASTERS (NLCD) - COMPRISING SOME 50 
NGOS INVOLVED IN THE RESPONSE EFFORT - STATED THAT THE MOST 
NOTEWORTHY ASPECT OF THIS DISASTER WAS THE EXTENT TO WHICH 
ZIMBABWEANS WERE HELPING EACH OTHER AND THEMSELVES.   IN 
THIS INTEREST, SHE CITED THE LOCAL PEOPLE, THE COMMERCIAL 
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FARMERS UNION, DISTRICT CIVIL PROTECTION UNITS AND THE 
ZIMBABWE RED CROSS AS THE MOST EFFECTIVE RESPONSE 
ORGANIZATIONS TO DATE.  SHE ALSO INDICATED A NEW ALERT IN 
PREVIOUSLY OVERLOOKED PLUMTREE (BULILIAMANGWE DISTRICT IN 
MATEBELELAND NORTH PROVINCE) DUE TO CONTINUED RAINS AND 
WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION IN THE AREA.  THON STATED THAT NGO 
PRIORITIES WERE NOW SHIFTING TO RECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, 
PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF PRIORITY NEEDS BY SECTOR (REFERRING 
TO AN NLCD REPORT PROVIDED AT THE MEETING WHICH WAS ALSO 
INCLUDED IN THE PACKET FORWARDED TO WASHINGTON, D.C.).  SHE 
ALSO INDICATED THAT DISCUSSIONS WERE UNDERWAY REGARDING THE 
NEED FOR NEW DISASTER MANAGEMENT LEGISLATION FOR ZIMBABWE. 
 
¶15. UNDP RESREP LOPES ALSO PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE 
CURRENT SITUATION REFERRING TO TWO U.N. REPORTS PROVIDED AT 
THE MEETING (ALSO INCLUDED IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. PACKET). 
HE INDICATED CURRENT RESPONSE PRIORITIES OF: 1) URGENT 
RECONSTRUCTION REPAIRS (TO RE-ESTABLISH EFFECTIVE ACCESS TO 
ALL AFFECTED AREAS); 2) SCHOOL AND CLINIC REPAIRS (THE 
IMPACT ON SCHOOLS WAS GREATER THAN INITIALLY ASSESSED); AND 
3) DISTRICT-LEVEL CAPACITY-ENHANCING ASSISTANCE (E.G., 
VEHICLES, COMPUTERS, STAFF RESOURCES, ETC.)  FOR CRITICAL 
LOCAL-LEVEL INFORMATION GATHERING AND COORDINATION 
ACTIVITIES.   HE ALSO ENDORSED THE GENERALLY AGREED 
CONTENTION THAT MORE GENERAL RESPONSE PRIORITIES HAD NOW 
SHIFTED TO RECONSTRUCTION TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO RE-ESTABLISH 
THEIR LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS. 
 
¶16. IN REVIEWING THE DONOR FIGURES AVAILABLE TO DATE, RESREP 
LOPES ALSO INDICATED THAT THE U.N. HAD REVISED THEIR 
ORIGINAL APPEAL UPWARDS FROM US$3 MILLION TO US$4.8 MILLION 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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BASED ON UPDATED INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE FIELD.   HE 
FURTHER INDICATED THAT THE U.N. WOULD BE ISSUING A REVISED 
FORMAL APPEAL SHORTLY, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY EXCEED THIS 
INCREASED $4.8 MILLION REQUEST. 
 
¶17. RESREP LOPES ALSO INDICATED THAT A MAJOR ASSESSMENT WAS 
NOW UNDERWAY IN THE AFFFECTED AREAS, CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY 
THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION 
 
(FAO), FAMINE EARLY WARNING SERVICE (FEWS), AND GOZ 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND TECHNICAL SERVICES 
(AGRITEX) STAFF, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE DEFINITIVE INFORMATION 
ON AGRICULTURAL AND CROP IMPACTS, AND AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD 
SECURITY NEEDS WHEN COMPLETED THIS WEEK. 
 
¶18. THE MISSION WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS 
SUBJECT AS/WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. 
MCDONALD 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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