Project profile — World Vision Canada COVID-19 Response in Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe (100.00%)

• Basic health care:
Basic health care (12220) (20.00%)
Basic nutrition (12240) (15.00%)
Health personnel development (12281) (5.00%)
• Health: COVID-19 control (12264) (45.00%)
• Water And Sanitation: Basic sanitation (14032) (15.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

This project aims to increase equitable coverage of public health and health care services for people infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) and improve community response to and recovery from COVID-19, including specific measures for women and girls and those experiencing displacement. Project activities include: (1) procuring and distributing COVID-19 related equipment and supplies to targeted health facilities and workers; (2) training health providers in gender-sensitive COVID-19 infection, prevention and control; (3) enhancing water and handwashing systems in the Tongogara Refugee Camp; and (4) conducting a gender-informed COVID-19 public health measures awareness campaign. This initiative expects to reach an estimated 77,608 individuals. Of this total, the project aims to reach 17,433 residents (refugees and asylum seekers) of the Tongogara Refugee Camp, inclusive of an estimated 20% of the catchment of Chipinge district health facilities and host community members. World Vision Canada’s COVID-19 response in Zimbabwe employs a multi-pronged approach to decrease COVID-19 mortality and morbidity among marginalized populations, with a particular focus on women and girls. Targeted populations experiencing marginalization in Zimbabwe face multiple barriers that restrict their ability to prevent, seek treatment for, and recover from COVID-19.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased equitable coverage of public health and health care services for people infected with COVID-19; and (2) improved community response to and recovery from COVID-19 that include specific measures for women and girls and those experiencing displacement.

Results achieved as of the end of the project (November 2022) include: (1) 113,004 people (39,353 women, 12,373 girls, 15,604 boys and 46,154 men) reached through health and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions; (2) Fifteen disability-friendly water points installed and 4 boreholes upgraded in the Tongogara Refugee Camp; (3) 3,190 households received cash assistance (1,836 male-headed and 1,354 female-headed households); (4) 22,950 women, men, boys, girls reached through sexual and gender-based violence awareness campaign in Tongogara Refugee Camp; (5) 26,034 individuals tested for COVID-19 by community-level health teams; and (6) 94 staff trained in Psychosocial First Aid, child protection response, and gender-based violence response to support survivors of violence.

• Proactive disclosure