Emergency Intervention to increase Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Access in Masvingo Province

Awarding agency: U.S.

Agency for international development cfda listing / assistance listing: 98. 001 USAID foreign assistance for programs overseas cfda narrative excerpt: the purpose of USAIDs bureau for humanitarian assistance (BHA) international disaster assistance (IDA) program is to provide life-saving humanitarian assistanceincluding food, water, shelter, emergency healthcare, and other critical aid to the worlds most vulnerable and hardest-to-reach population affected by natural, man-made and complex disaster.

Bha is the lead federal coordinator for international disaster assistance, harnessing the expertise and unique capacities of other U.S. Government, non-U.S.

Entities & public international organizations (PIOS) to effectively respond to natural disasters, complex crises by providing emergency and food assistance around the world.

Recipient: international medical corps (IMC) this award will provide financial support to international medical corps for the implementation of a program entitled, emergency intervention to increase water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) access in masvingo province in Zimbabwe.

The goal is to mitigate the effects of the el nio-induced poor access to safe water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene practices in masvingo province with the purpose(S): to prevent the outbreak of WASH related diseases through improving access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene promotion in bikita, gutu, masvingo rural, mwenezi and chivi district in masvingo province.

The total number of beneficiaries that will be supported under this award is 613,039 individuals.