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USAID Pledges To Guard Against Politicisation Of Food Aid

2 years agoFri, 21 Oct 2022 05:02:40 GMT

USAID Pledges To Guard Against Politicisation Of Food Aid

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) says it has established modalities to ensure that the allocation of food aid is not politicised in rural areas ahead of the 2023 general elections.

USAID on Thursday gave the World Food Programme (WFP) US$36 million worth of food aid that will be distributed to people living in rural areas who are facing food shortages.

USAID director for Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience, Marialice Ariens, said they are working with WFP and Government to make sure food aid reaches the needy. She said:

The United States government takes targeting seriously. We have key beneficiary criteria when we decide who we are going to assist.
WFP also has a validation exercise, so a follow-up post the initial target to make sure that the people targeted are indeed the most vulnerable will be done.
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Opposition political parties have on numerous occasions accused ZANU PF of withholding food aid from perceived opposition supporters as a form of punishment and using the same to reward those who vote for the ruling party.

According to WFP, 3 million Zimbabweans are projected to face acute food shortage in the first quarter of 2023 owing to poor rainfall during the 2021/22 summer cropping season.

WFP head of programmes in Zimbabwe, Roberto Borlini said they will continue working in collaboration with the United States of America to support those in need of assistance. Said Borlini:

WFP and the United States are committed to supporting humanitarian and social assistance for those who need it in Zimbabwe.
While we will provide short-term assistance during this lean season, we will also continue creating livelihood opportunities, to increase the purchasing power of families, enabling them to meet their food needs.

| NewZimbabwe.com

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5 Comments

Gora Chabaiwa · 2 years ago

USAID is a foreign policy tool for the US government,so it is already a political issue,western duplicity is nauseating

WILLIAM SONBOY CHINEMBIRI · 2 years ago

This is why I like the West better than the East. The West gives food in times hunger while the East builds the stadia and parliament buildings only. I am happy that World Food Program have already put in place mechanisms to prevent the food being politicised by ZANU PF sharks. These sharks must be allowed to control queues. [ MAZI ZANU PF THIS TIME AROUND HAMULUME ZVAMAJAIRA]. [ CCC POLITICAL PARTY IS MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL AS GOING TO BE PROVED AT THE HARMONISED ELECTIONS]. Yours sincerely William Sonboy CHINEMBIRI [THE BUSH LAWYER4CCC].R

CCZ · 2 years ago

ya USAID must make sure that the ruling party is not buying votes in rural areas using this food aid p.

Perfect Masiya · 2 years ago

@Sorojena Politicization of food is still a MAJOR challenge. The needy and valnurable list yemuraini mangu handi ndini ndoinyora here. Councillor vanofona kuti muraini menyu toda vanhu 35 after vaita maths dzavo neWFP/Aquaculture Zim. saka unoti MBUYA kana CHIREMA chekumba kwenyu ndochinyora here iwe uchindi oposer. PLUS all yu need kuno is 1 beast grocery nechimari che xmas toinda newe kwaVashe. wovhura raini rako wonyoresa mhuri yako chero mukaita 10 bhoo. Chibage, beans, mafuta, mari yeUSAID unotora nengoro. fertilizer, mbeu yaPRESIDENT imwe tinototengesa kuno. PAMBERI NECORUPTION

Sorojena · 2 years ago

Politicization of food aid used to be a problem until aid agencies came up with a plan to use Ecocash wallets to deposit cash to beneficiaries, and the voucher system redeemable at chosen retailers to guard against abuse. Before, vanhu veZanu vaipfeka zvechigure chavo and storm distribution centres and loot leaving the deserving people with nothing.