Tens of thousands of people in Zimbabwe in a desperate situation are not receiving the support they need as the world focuses on events in Mozambique, says the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. That appeal is now being revised to reflect the growing scale of the disaster.
Money is needed urgently for food and for transport of relief.
Nearly 100,000 Zimbabweans have been affected by the floods that have struck southern Africa and 20,000 people are still homeless several weeks after the floods first hit. Manicaland and Matabeleland South are among the worst affected provinces with whole villages, roads and bridges washed away. Access to flooded areas was only just beginning to be possible but continuing heavy rainfall and rising river levels is hampering efforts. Zimbabwean Red Cross volunteers have been distributing food and shelter to people in accessible areas but lack of vehicles and a severe fuel shortage in the country is slowing the relief effort.