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Household economy in fragile state

This household care burden survey commissioned by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) intends to collect quarterly household data on household incomes, expenditures and expenditure patterns, livelihoods options, copying strategies and gender disparities, among others. ZCC plans to carry out this survey on a quarterly basis in order to trace changes in household living standards and how these changes relate to government policies. This is the first time the survey has been carried out hence the findings presented in this report are baseline findings. The findings provide information about the current state of household incomes, livelihoods and expenditure patterns which is crucial for the assessment of changes in living standards in the succeeding quarters. The survey findings suggest the existence of severe livelihoods challenges amongst households in Zimbabwe. Majority of households are living below the poverty datum line of at least $600. Over 50% of the households have average monthly incomes below $250. The formal labour market is depressed hence most households are relying on the informal sector. Informal sector activities with low returns such as cross border trading, vending, artisanal mining and local informal trading are some of the most common livelihoods options available for households. Rural households mainly rely on incomes from agricultural produce while cross border trading and vending are more dominant among urban households. Self-employment is also dominant among both rural and urban households.

ZCC-Research.pdf

2019-2020 Domestic and international appeal for assistance

The Government of Zimbabwe requires a total of USD 3,2bn with eﬀect from February 2019 to March 2020. This is for providing humanitarian assistance in the short to medium term, also taking into account sustainable measures which will assist in the event that the drought prolongs to the 2019/20 agricultural season.

Zimbabwe-2019-2020-appeal-for-assistance.pdf

The EU Copyright Directive and Zimbabwean Content Creators

On Tuesday 26 March 2019 the European Parliament voted in favour of adopting the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Copyright in the Digital Single Market . The EU Copyright Directive seeks to govern the way copyrighted material or media is uploaded and shared on the Internet. This makes it a cause of concern for service providers in the tech industry, content creators and Internet users on a global scale. More so when one considers the Internet’s universal nature and the fact that EU’s digital laws also affect Internet users from other parts of the world including Zimbabwe. Read more

The-EU-Copyright-Directive-and-Zimbabwean-Content-Creators.pdf

Zimbabwe: Floods Situation Report No. 2

This Situation Report is produced by OCHA Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa in collaboration with humanitarian partners. The Situation Report builds on Flash Updates No. 1 and provides more detailed information on the situation and response. It covers the period from 27 March to 9 April 2019. The next Situation Report will be issued on or around 17 April. Highlights • 299 deaths have been recorded and 329 people are still missing, according to the Government. • Latest assessments indicate that the homes of some tens of thousands of people have been destroyed or damaged beyond habitability. Most of these people are staying with hosts in the extended community. • Revised Flash Appeal requires US$294 million to respond to the drought and Cyclone Idai. • Food Cluster partners have so far assisted an estimated 30,000 people in the worst-affected areas of Chimanimani and Chipinge. • Access to a sufficient quantity of water for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene has been restored for 43,000 people. • Eight clusters have been activated to bolster the humanitarian response effort in support to the Government of Zimbabwe,

Zimbabwe_Sitrep-2_10-April-2019.pdf

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