DMMU begin vulnerability,Needs Assessment Survey
The Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit-DMMU- has dispatched 180 enumerators in 90 districts to conduct the 2022 In-depth Vulnerability and Needs Assessment survey.
The exercise will be conducted from June 4th to 18th, 2022.
DMMU Senior Communications Officer MATHEWS MUSUKWA says the enumerators will visit the selected districts to ascertain the impact of the 2021/2022 rain season on people’s livelihoods.
Mr. MUSUKWA has appeal to the public to provide accurate information to the enumerators as it will be used for planning purposes and relief intervention in the next season.
He said the decentralization of the exercise follows the pilot which was conducted last year in 5 provinces namely Lusaka, Copperbelt, Eastern, Southern and Central.
Mr. MUSUKWA said the results of the survey will be critical for designing relief interventions for the affected sectors, ascertaining the impact of the rainfall season on the livelihoods of people and for mobilization of resources.
He said for the first time in the history of the country, all provinces will be assessed although not all the districts would be reached
The In-depth Assessment is conducted under the umbrella of the Zambia Vulnerability and Needs Assessment Committee which is a consortium of various stakeholders that include government, United Nations and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).