Action Against Hunger 247 West 37th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10018, 1-212-967-7800 (December 10, 2008) Action Against Hunger / Action Contre la Faim (ACF) is working to remedy the recent cholera epidemic sweeping Zimbabwe by improving access to clean water, disinfecting potentially contaminated areas, and treating the infected with re-hydration therapies. It has also launched a campaign educating the public regarding containment and prevention, while stressing the importance of vigilant hygiene. The disastrous state of water infrastructure, sanitation, and health services in the country has facilitated the rapid spread of this disease which is contracted via contaminated food or water. ACF teams are currently providing drinking water to eight cholera treatment centers.
	ADRA International Emergency Response Fund, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904 1-800-424-ADRA (2372) (December 11, 2008) In response to the cholera outbreak, ADRA Zimbabwe is engaging in preventative activities in order to arrest the spread of the disease in already affected areas and new areas. Specific activities consist of the distribution of jerry cans and aquatabs to vulnerable communities for sterilization of drinking and cooking water; distribution of soap and disinfectants to improve hygiene standards at household level; and the inclusion of community members in participatory health and hygiene education in target areas.
	AmeriCares 88 Hamilton Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902, 800-486-4357 (December 10, 2008) AmeriCares is preparing to ship medicines and relief supplies to Zimbabwe from our warehouses in the United States, the Netherlands and India. The medicines will help local hospitals and clinics address the cholera outbreak and replenish medicines depleted during the health crisis. AmeriCares is also sending water purification sachets which will provide clean water for thousands of displaced people. For more information, visit www.americares.org.
	Brother's Brother 1200 Galveston Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15233, 412-321-3160 (December 11, 2008) Working with the United Methodist Church, Brother’s Brother Foundation is sending two containers of medical supplies and hospital beds to Zimbabwe. The first container will arrive by the end of December 2008 and the second in the first part of January 2009. BBF is also accepting medical supplies and pharmaceutical gifts-in-kind in response to the crisis.
	CARE 151 Ellis Street NE Atlanta, GA 30303 1-800-521-2273 (December 10, 2008) CARE has more than 500 staffers on the ground in Zimbabwe, helping with emergency food distribution and supporting 20 projects in the field. Much of the food is going to cholera patients in the Masavingo provincial health office. CARE also is prepared to employ cholera-prevention activities focusing on education and awareness.
	Catholic Relief Services 228 West Lexington St., Baltimore MD 21201-3413 1-888-277-7575 (December 10, 2008) Catholic Relief Services is providing lifesaving aid to hundreds of thousands of people in Zimbabwe as the country faces unprecedented shortages of food and medical care. Working under very difficult conditions in a country ravaged by skyrocketing inflation, a sharply deteriorating infrastructure and 90 percent unemployment, CRS is delivering food to well over a half-million needy Zimbabweans, both through its Church partners, such as missionary hospitals and schools, as well as directly to beneficiaries.
	Church World Service 28606 Phillips Street, P.O. Box 968, Elkhart, IN 46515, 800-297-1516 (December 10, 2008) Church World Service continues to support the ongoing humanitarian work of Christian Care, its long-time partner in Zimbabwe. Christian Care works in Zimbabwe's Zvishavane District, focusing on conservation farming training for 900 households in 2009-10. In addition, CWS-supported work also includes alleviating short-term food insecurity for 26,900 persons by building up crop productivity and providing relief and rehabilitation assistance.
	Concern Worldwide US 104 E. 40th St., # 903 New York, NY 100016 1-212-557-8000 (January 21, 2009) Concern sprung into action mid-December 2008 to combat the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe, concentrating its efforts in Chegutu, Nyanga, Gokwe North and Gokwe South – areas where Concern was already active distributing food, caring for people living with HIV and AIDS and their families, and building up of livelihood opportunities. The Concern cholera response program—targeting more than 200,000 people—focuses on prevention of infection through hygiene promotion and distribution of hygiene kits, as well as the repair of water and sewage systems, and hand pumps in rural areas. Plans are underway to provide water for cholera treatment centers as well as to homes in the case of further outbreaks in urban areas.
	Direct Relief International 27 South La Patera Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93117 1-805-964-4767 (December 10, 2008) Requested medicines and supplies valued at more than $1.3 million (wholesale) have been sent to trusted partners in Zimbabwe: Harare Central Hospital, Island Hospice, Seke Rural Hospice, and United Methodist Church Health Systems. Contents include antibiotics, IV fluids and drip sets, wound-care materials, and other critically needed medical supplies.
	Friends of the World Food Program Attn: Development, 1819 L Street, NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20036 1-202-530-1694 (December 10, 2008) Friends of the World Food Program (WFP) Is collecting funds for the agency. With the crisis worsening, WFP is aiming to assist more people in December than originally planned – targeting over 4 million people across Zimbabwe. WFP expects the number of people who need food assistance to rise to over 5 million in the first quarter of 2009.
	Giving Children Hope 8332 Commonwealth Ave, Buena Park, CA 90621, 714-523-4454 (December 10, 2008) Giving Children Hope and World Vision have partnered to quickly send pharmaceuticals in response to the recent cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe. The shipment left Saturday. Giving Children Hope has also partnered with Rotary International to send pharmaceuticals for the cholera outbreak. The medicines will arrive at the Rotary Medical Clinic in Chinhoyi, a clinic Giving Children Hope helped establish. Giving Children Hope and World Vision recently sent two packages of pharmaceuticals to Zimbabwe, where team members reported that medicines “literally kept hospital doors from closing.”
	Heart to Heart International 401 S. Clairborne, Suite 302, Olathe, KS 66062, 866-341-GIVE (December 10, 2008) Heart to Heart International is delivering medical aid to local partners in Nawai and Harare in an effort to help contain the spread of the cholera outbreak.
	Helen Keller International 352 Park Avenue South, Suite 1200, New York, NY 10010 1-646-472-0355 (December 10, 2008) In Zimbabwe, Helen Keller International (HKI) is focused on reducing under-five mortality rates through high coverage vitamin A supplementation (VAS). VAS is integrated into routine immunizations to ensure that vitamin A capsules, vaccines and bed nets are distributed to children across Zimbabwe. HKI works in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare and UNICEF and provides technical support for national advocacy, communication and social mobilization activities.
	International Medical Corps 1919 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 400, Santa Monica, CA 90404, 800-481-4462 (December 11, 2008) International Medical Corps has staff in Zimbabwe assessing the deadly cholera outbreak. Findings reflect a wide range of critical needs from insufficient drugs and medical supplies, to inadequate access to clean water, as well as limited human resources to provide essential services. As an immediate response, International Medical Corps is deploying cholera kits that include antibiotics, intravenous fluids and oral rehydration salts, as well as basic health supplies to Zimbabwe to treat severe cases of cholera.
	International Orthodox Christian Charities Post Office Box 630225, Baltimore, MD 21263-0225, 1-877-803-IOCC (4622) (December 10, 2008) Since 2006, IOCC has delivered 5 million dollars in medicines and medical supplies to hospitals in Zimbabwe. In response to the crisis, IOCC is accepting cash donations, and gifts-in-kind in the form of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies.
	International Rescue Committee 122 East 42nd St., New York, New York 10168 1-877-733-2433 (February 2, 2009) The International Rescue Committee is launching aid efforts in Zimbabwe to help stem the cholera epidemic and prevent the spread of other diseases. The IRC has deployed five members of its emergency response team to conduct assessments and launch health and environmental health programs. Emergency programs will focus on meeting the urgent life-saving needs of communities affected by cholera through the renovation of  sanitation facilities the expansion of health assistance to disease and poverty-stricken communities in Zimbabwe. In the coming weeks and months IRC will seek to address additional concerns such as protection, education, and gender-based violence.
	Lutheran World Relief P.O. Box 17061, Baltimore, MD 21298-9832, 800-597-5972 (December 10, 2008) LWR is responding through the Action by Churches Together (ACT) network, providing food aid to vulnerable beneficiaries and seeds to farmers; improving access to clean water and sanitation facilities to stem the spread of cholera and other waterborne diseases; and providing immediate relief and recovery to communities displaced as a result of violence.
	MAP International Donor/Member Services, PO Box 7020, Albert Lea, MN 56007-9931, 800.225.8550 (December 10, 2008) Working with partner organizations, MAP International is airlifting a shipment of essential medicines and medical supplies to help thousands of people affected by the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe.
	Mercy Corps Dept NR, PO Box 2669, Portland OR 97208, 1-800-852-2100 (February 2, 2009) Mercy Corps is helping prevent the further spread of cholera in Zimbabwe by ramping up our health and hygiene promotion activities and looking for opportunities to deliver clean water, provide portable sanitation facilities and procure supplies such as soap, feminine hygiene products and similar items. So far, Mercy Corps has integrated hygiene education into all programs, distributed water-purification tablets, oral rehydration salts, soap and five-gallon buckets to community groups and orphanages. Mercy Corps is providing some small support to district-level Ministry of Health offices and are working with medical supply organizations to secure family hygiene kits.
	Oxfam America Global Emergencies Fund, 226 Causeway Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02114, 800-776-9326 (December 10, 2008) More than 300,000 people in Zimbabwe, already seriously weakened by lack of food, are in danger from the cholera epidemic. In response, Oxfam staff and local partners are conducting assessments and distributing relief supplies of soap, buckets, water purification tablets, and hygiene kits to 24,000 people. Oxfam has also been collaborating with the WFP to supply 150,000 people with 12,000 metric tons of maize meal, vegetable oil and pulses and local partners to provide 27,000 people with seeds and fertilizer. Oxfam’s cholera response will be scaling up to target 615,000 people, focusing on the worst hit areas with plans to start moving into areas where cholera has not hit in order to proactively prevent the spread of the disease.
	Plan USA 155 Plan Way, Warwick, RI 02886,(800) 556 7918 (December 10, 2008) In the districts of Mutare, Chipinge and Chiredzi, Plan is providing intravenous fluids, detergents, oral re-hydration solutions, drugs and disposable gloves for the Ministry of Health’s Emergency Preparedness and Response teams. Plan has also provided 1,000 litres of fuel to Mutoko district’s civil protection unit to reach out to all communities that require urgent assistance. In Bulawayo Plan is supporting workshops on disaster management and preparedness for local authorities, and cholera is one of the key disasters under discussion. In all areas where Plan works in Zimbabwe, water, sanitation and hygiene programs continue. Plan has stepped up information about cholera at all community gatherings.
	Save the Children USA 54 Wilton Road, Westport, CT 06880, 800-728-3843 (December 10, 2008) With a deepening food emergency threatening the lives and well-being of millions of Zimbabweans, Save the Children is moving rapidly to reach vulnerable children, expanding existing nutrition, food and other programs in the country. Save the Children is currently providing food assistance to 700,000 people and enabling families to prepare for the future by distributing seed, small livestock and helping to set up vegetable gardens. The organization is helping to provide drugs to treat cholera and educating communities about avoiding infection, as well as providing food so that safe cholera treatment camps can be set up to prevent further contamination. The agency has worked in country for more than 25 years.
	United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Zimbabwe Emergency #199456, PO Box 9068, New York, NY 10087, 800-554-8583 (December 10, 2008) UMCOR is immediately shipping grain to Zimbabwe for up to 15,000 people. UMCOR is providing additional food, fuel, and medical supplies for United Methodist hospitals, which are still operational. Future plans include further food shipments and a water and sanitation project.
	U.S. Fund for UNICEF 125 Maiden Lane, New York, NY 10038, 1-800-4-UNICEF (December 10, 2008) U.S. Fund for UNICEF is collecting funds for UNICEF, which has moved to full emergency mode and developed a 120-day emergency response plan Dec 08-Mar 09 focusing on relief efforts to the cholera crisis and the provision of basic social services. In order to effectively implement the plan and scale-up the emergency response UNICEF is doubling the number of international staff in country and further expanding its vital supply and logistics function to assist all key partners. UNICEF will continue to work closely with Government, local authorities, UN agencies, NGOs and community-based organizations. Initial financial resources allocated to the 120 day Emergency Preparedness & Response Plan, provided by various funding sources, amount to US$17.2 million. However, due to the magnitude of the emergency, UNICEF requires an additional US$17,470,000 to respond to the immediate needs of women and children in Zimbabwe.
	World Vision P.O. Box 9716, Federal Way, WA 98063-9716, 888.56.CHILD (24453) (December 10, 2008) World Vision is working to treat cholera patients as well as prevent the spread of the disease, providing medical supplies to treatment centers, conducting hygiene promotion campaigns, pre-positioning cholera response kits, distributing essential supplies such as water purification tablets and water tanks, and drilling or rehabilitating boreholes to ensure access to safe water. WHO has asked the agency to lead the cholera response in four provinces of Zimbabwe. World Vision is also benefiting more than 1 million people per month with food aid, drilling and rehabilitation of dams and water sources, irrigation development, and provision of seeds, fertilizer and small livestock.