EleMelika Linika eleZimbabwe Imali Yokudla Lokunye

Food donation

Ugatsha lwe Melika olwe United States Agency for International Development (USAID) namhlanje lunikeze usizo lokudla okubiza izigidi ezedlula ezilitshumi zamadollar eMelika-US$11.27 million, phansi kohlelo lwenhlanganiso yomanyano wamazwe womhlaba eye World Food Program, lokuphathisa labo abahlaselwe ludubo lwendlala eZimbabwe.

Usizo lolu lubikwa luzaqondiswa ebantwini abangaba zinkulungwane ezingamakhulu edlula amabili – 230,000, abase ndaweni ezigoqela iMwenezi, Mangwe, Buhera lezinye.

Lolu sizo luzakwabelwa abantu kusukela ngo Zibandlela lonyaka kusiya ku Mbimbitho.

Ekhuluma embuthanweni wokunikeza ukudla lokhu umholi we USAID kuleli u Nkosazana Janean Davis wazise ukuba ukudla lokhu kuzaphathisa ukwehlisa udubo lwendlala eZimbabwe.

''Ngiyathaba ukutsho ukuba sizakupha usizo olufika US$11.27 million kuWorld Food Program olusuka kuncedo lwabantu base Melika."

Lokhu kugcizelelwe ngumholi weWFP eZimbabwe, uNkosikazi Franseca Erdelmann, othi inhlanganiso yakhe izakwenza ukuba wonke umuntu kuleli athole ukudla.

''Ukukhetha esikwenza abantu sisebenza lozulu wonke ukukhetha abantu esibancedisayo. Lokhu sikwenza singa khethi cele.''

Kugwalo olwethulwe ngabe Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee abantu abafika isilinganiso samatshumi edlula amabili lengxenye ekhulwini- 26% emaphandleni bazabhekana lodubo lokuswela ukudla phakathi kuka Zibandlela kusiya ku Mbimbitho.

Imali esuka kuUSAID izanceda iWFP ukuba ilwisane lendlala ngesikhathi abantu abayizigidi ezimbili lengxenye-2.7 million abasengozini yokubulawa yindlala kulei.