Zimbabwe suffers from drought

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00:00A bed of sand and a patch of mud is all that remains in the Kapotehsa Dam.

00:05It once provided the water, vital for crops and livestock in this remote part of Zimbabwe.

00:11This year there was very little rain and the river is dry.

00:15We were not able to work in the garden.

00:18The prolonged drought, linked to the El Nino phenomenon and climate change, has cut cereal

00:23production by more than 75% and left at least 7.6 million people in need of humanitarian

00:29aid.

00:30That's almost half of the population.

00:33Children under the age of five, pregnant women and new mothers are most affected.

00:38We've recorded an increase in terms of cases of malnutrition over the last three months.

00:45They've increased by around 20% in the district.

00:53In May, President Emmerson Mwangagwa declared a state of disaster.

00:57He said Zimbabwe needed at least $2 billion to respond to the drought.

01:03Early July, they received an insurance payout of over $16 million from the African Risk

01:08Capacity Group, designed to help African Union member states plan, prepare and better respond

01:14to extreme weather events.

01:15The payout is complemented by payouts to our AAC replica partners amounting to $6.1 million

01:21to the WFP and $8.9 million to Stap Network.

01:27Zimbabwe will therefore receive a total of $31.8 million from this payout.

01:34International organisations are also trying to raise money for Zimbabwe.

01:38The UN launched a $430 million donation campaign in early June.

01:43So far, they say they haven't received any external contributions.

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