The funds will be used for providing learning materials, particularly textbooks to schools and will complement the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM), which supports orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). The EC’s contribution is part of US$52 million so far committed to the ETF, a pool fund that is being managed by UNICEF in support of the sector. Donors include the Governments of Australia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the UK and the USA.The signing ceremony was a key step in ensuring that education continues to receive the attention that it deserves from senior level Zimbabwean government officials and donor partners. The education system is in need of urgent support as evidenced by public examination results that reflected a 16% pass rate. Although the consolidation of grade 7, Ordinary (O) Level and Advanced (A) Level examination results is in progress and these are yet to be fully analysed, initial reports from provincial directors indicate very poor performance. One province has reported a sharp decline in grade 7 pass rates from over 80% in 2000 to 16% in 2009. This is also mirrored in the “O” Level examinations, which reflect a national pass rate of 16%. Schools however were seen to be turning away students for non-payment of fees at the beginning of the term despite a government directive that children should not be turned away. Parents have been failing to pay the high levies charged by schools and, as a result children are being turned away. Internally Displaced People: In addition to the current humanitarian assistance provided to returned migrants, totalling 105,795 from Botswana and 313,912 from South Africa through the Reception and Support Centres located in Plumtree and Beitbridge respectively; the International Organisation on Migration (IOM) has responded to the call for assistance from the local authority to assist the displaced victims of xenophobic attacks that occurred in a De Doorns, Western Cape in November 2009. Consequently, in addition to 38 displaced victims already assisted under the IOM’s Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) programme on 16 May, another group of 68 migrants departed from South Africa on 16 June. With many uncertainties surrounding the safety of migrants during and after the FIFA World Cup, the IOM, in collaboration with the Ministry on Labour & Social Welfare and other humanitarian agencies are working on strengthening its backstopping capacity to respond swiftly should the need for additional humanitarian assistance arise. In anticipation of a possible mass influx from Botswana, the IOM conducted capacity building for 30 stakeholders from both Botswana and Zimbabwe in an effort to enhance service delivery and absorption capacities in terms of putting together a Gender-based violence prevention and response mechanism. NON-COMPLIANCE Health: Zimbabwe continues to battle disease outbreaks, largely as a result of continued deterioration in health, water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure. After cholera, measles and typhoid outbreaks, malaria is the latest disease to afflict the country. By 30 June, a cumulative 117,038 cases of malaria and 183 deaths had been reported through the National Health Information System— in an outbreak that started in January 2010. Outbreaks were fairly localised and attributable to late and prolonged rains, and reduced population immunity because, in recent years, malaria seasons have been light leading to community members sleeping outside sprayed structures, and not using insecticide nets consistently. CIVIL SOCIETY MONITORING MECHANISM (CISOMM) SIX MONTH SHADOW REPORT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE INCLUSIVE OF ZIMBABWE 23