U.S. Ambassador visits Unicef, Oxfam ‘cholera’ sites
On January 29, the U.S. Ambassador visited the U.N. Children's Fund warehouse in Harare to officially hand over hygiene supplies funded by USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), including 400 metric tons of soap, 10 million water treatment tablets, 30,000 water containers, and 30,000 buckets. The event was also attended by the USAID/Zimbabwe deputy mission director, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART), the USAID/OFDA principal regional advisor for Southern Africa, U.S. Embassy staff, and members of the local and international media. Following the event, the group visited a hygiene education program and distribution of supplies conducted by USAID/OFDA partner Oxfam/Great Britain (GB) in the Harare-area suburb of Budiriro, as well as the Budiriro CTC.