USAIM is urgently seeking funding for IOM's Emergency Operations to assist victims of the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe.
The current cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is claiming thousands of lives all across the country with worst affected areas in Beitbridge, Harare, Nyamapanda, Chinhoyi, and Kariba. To address this crisis, IOM, as an active member of the UN Health and UN Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Clusters, focuses on assistance to border areas and mobile and vulnerable population (MVP) settings. MVPs are among the high-risk groups for disease outbreaks in view of the fact that they reside in informal settlements, which have inadequate water and sanitation facilities and that they are highly mobile.
IOM Staff attending to a cholera patient © IOM 2008
The main water source in Rusape © IOM 2008
IOM aims to contribute to enhancing disease surveillance in border areas and remote MVP communities, conducting intensive health education on hygiene promotion; pre-positioning the needed essential drugs and supplies; providing logistical support for response teams; distributing supplies, ensuring effective reporting and containing further outbreaks through targeted prevention and mitigation measures.
Please help the victims of the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe by making a donation today!
USAIM is the American partner organization of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The mission of USAIM is to broaden public awareness and mobilize private sector resources in support of domestic and international programs that provide assistance to migrants and refugees. USAIM concentrates its efforts on human trafficking, health (especially HIV/AIDS), emergency relief, and public information campaigns. USAIM does so primarily by supporting and promoting the work of the IOM, which is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society. IOM, a Geneva-based international intergovernmental organization, was established in 1951 and currently has offices in more than 100 countries around the world.
USAIM is seeking relationships with citizens, foundations and corporations interested in international humanitarian issues.
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