Anticipating impacts before disaster in Zimbabwe

people are food insecure and in reduce the impact of a disaster and Around Zimbabwe, the drought has Zimbabwe alone, 6 million people are relies on the community as sources of led to a significant reduction in at risk due to the El-Nino induced knowledge rather than solely production of cereals used for drought with many relying on food recipients of aid. [...] However, humanitarian approaches are fused Culturally, livestock is key to in the northeast of Zimbabwe where with local knowledge to create a livelihoods in Mbire, they are used for the rain falls unevenly, the dry dusty custom solution to mitigate risks labor, as a store of wealth and social landscape tells a different story of before they become disasters. [...] Some cows collapse so it delays the dipping process as we try to revive the cows and this can be tough and heart breaking, but we have to dip the cows, we have to keep going,” Takudzwa Demadema, 27 Dip attendant deworming and dipping cattle is a A community solution to ease the to become even scarcer. [...] predicted to be average to below management committee, a diverse “Some of them look down on me and average, and lack of water is a group made up mostly of women, as they doubt that my hand can deworm constant threat to people and their it is woman’s duty to cater the water a cow, it can be really demotivating livelihoods, hence taking anticipatory needs of the family, suggested this and it makes t. [...] Some cows collapse so it Hence, in other parts of Mbire, WHH delays the dipping process as we try to and partner FCTZ are helping pipe revive the cows and this can be tough water, reducing the distances people and heart breaking, but we have to dip and livestock walk to the next water the cows, we have to keep going,” she source in anticipation of a long period explained.