Government of Japan commits US$ 1.3 million to help save lives of pregnant women in Zimbabwe
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…support comes in the context of COVID-19 which has stretched health resources
Harare/Tokyo , 22 April 2021 – The Government of Japan and the United Nations Population
Fund, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, have signed a US$ 1,3
million partnership grant in a project that will help save the lives of pregnant women in
Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe is currently experiencing a humanitarian crisis caused by multiple factors, including
recurring droughts and a dire economic situation. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated
this crisis by further straining an already weakened health system, particularly maternal
Japan provides further support to improve food security in Zimbabwe
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The Government of Japan has contributed US$ 1.25 million through the World Food Programme (WFP) to support vulnerable, food insecure communities in Zimbabwe that have been severely impacted by climate shocks and COVID-19.
To address the root causes of food insecurity and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 - Zero Hunger - WFP recognises that it is important to forge such partnerships in order to undertake long term strategies to secure a brighter future for these communities.
Japan’s contribution comes at a time when many in the country are struggling to feed themselves as a result of successive droughts and a dire economic situation which has been exacerbated by COVID-19.
Japan donates maize to improve food security in Zimbabwe
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10 Mar 2021
HARARE – The Government of Japan has donated approximately 20,000 metric tonnes of maize to the Government of Zimbabwe’s Food Deficit Mitigation Strategy (FDMS) through the World Food Programme (WFP). This is meant to meet the essential food security needs of vulnerable households in Zimbabwe. A similar donation of 30,000 metric tonnes of maize was delivered by the Government of Japan and WFP to the Government of Zimbabwe in June 2020.
In this valuable partnership between Japan and Zimbabwe, WFP played a fundamental role using its expertise in supply chain management to procure maize from South Africa and deliver it directly to the Government’s Grain Marketing Board silos in Harare and Bulawayo.