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Zimbabwe
Volunteerism boosts in response to climate challenge and associated risks
30 Dec 2009, UNV
UNV volunteers advocate to enhance efforts to integrate practices, tools and systems for climate risk assessment and to build management and disaster risk reduction strategies into national policies and programmes...
National Platform
- HFA Focal Point:
Department of Civil Protection - Website:
- Contact:Director
- Phone:+263 4727906
Hyogo Framework for Action
- National Policy & Plans
- Zimbabwe: National Report on the implementation of the HFA (2007)2007, Zimbabwe - gov
- Zimbabwe: National Report in preparation for WCDR (2005)2005, Zimbabwe - gov
- Other Development Reports
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 73 |      |
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| Drought | 1,110,300 |  |
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| Flood | 5,118 |  |
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| Landslide | 10 |  |
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| Earthquake | 3,425 |     |
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| Tsunami | 0 |  |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 2001 | 6,000,000 |  |
| Drought | 1991 | 5,000,000 | |
| Drought | 2007 | 2,100,000 | |
| Drought | 1982 | 700,000 | |
| Epidemic | 1996 | 500,000 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Disaster reduction and human security2005, Graduate School of Global Environ Studies; UNESCO
- Status report on disaster risk reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa, preliminary version, June 20092009, AU; UNISDR - AF; WB
- UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 20092009, UNICEF
Neighbouring Countries
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.