The to be one of the richest countries of Southern Africa has gone from having the lowest rate of child malnutrition at the end of the decade of the 80 to undergo a global threat of famine is particularly affecting children. "12,000 children die every year from malnutrition in Zimbabwe," complains a report by Unicef \u200b\u200band that just made public.
addition, according to this study, which surprisingly has cleared the office of the vice-president of Zimbabwe itself, "one of every three children suffers from chronic malnutrition in the country. 35% of child deaths are the cause lack of food received by kids or their mothers. "
Globally, "malnutrition rates have risen 40% in the last decade" and it seems that in ten years, to continue this trend is when "may reach a critical range" that puts Zimbabwe as one of the countries that suffer "the worst famines in the world," says Unicef.
Currently, there Saharan African countries in more difficult situation than Zimbabwe, although there is no one who has undergone a similar decline in a decade. Huge differences
The study also speaks of great differences within the country, especially between rural and urban areas. For example, "in Beitbridge area, rural, chronic malnutrition is 21% of the children, while the Mutare area, urban, comes to 47%." Of course, "the lack of proper nutrition affects the lower classes, which affects 40%, while the upper class affects 25% of children," says report.
This situation has prompted UNICEF to launch a social assistance program for the country in which they try to help 50,000 families living in abject poverty by giving them a small allowance directly.
"There is already a pilot cash transfer which is given to 105 families $ 20 a month so they can afford to buy some basic necessities," says Michelle de Sousa, a spokesman for Unicef, in the newspaper The Zimbabwean.
Zimbabwe Crisis suffered in the 90's a process of nationalization of land by the old veterans who took by force most farms dominated by whites.
Robert Mugabe's government turned a blind eye to the assaults and the result was a massive flight of capital. Currently, the country is immersed in a state of alert, waiting for ratifying the Constitution and a presidential polls should be held this year and still in the air.
not have its own currency, use the dollar or the barter economy. The old currency notes of Zimbabwe and unused, sold as souvenirs to tourists. Some are even trillion. It was then time when inflation is multiplied by thousands and had to print new currency every day.
(Taken from The Mundo.es)
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