ActionAid International Southern Africa Partnership Programme (SAPP-Zimbabwe) - Slightly over 25% of people interviewed attributed the deterioration of health of their loved ones as a direct result of the operation. Food security Approximately, 54% of households sampled claimed that they had become food insecure as a consequence of the Operation. Being urban areas, most of the food supply to the family is sourced from the market. Household safety and security Household safety and security was defined as the family ability to protect and safe guard its assets (physical) and from exploitation. Almost half (44%) of the homesteads reported that household safety and security had been compromised as a result of the operation. Disruption of family unit Housing waiting list runs into hundreds of thousands in Zimbabwe. Sharing of homesteads and extension of houses was a way in which Zimbabweans sought to mitigate the accommodation problem. More than three quarters (3/4) of the respondents reported losing shelter. Almost 40% of homesteads visited reported that family units had been disrupted as a result of the operation. Mostly children and spouses had been relocated to the rural homesteads or other suburbs if this was possible. Women status and dignity Humiliation and loss of dignity as a direct result of the operation was also reported. Prior to the demolition exercise, it is reported and accounted by respondents that the authorities would move around marking what they deemed as illegal structures using paint. The marked buildings were to be destroyed. Such actions resemble a war situation. This is witnessed by 36% of the interviewed homesteads claiming that they had lost their dignity as a result of the Operation. Increased vulnerability for women, children and orphans (OVCs) It is saddening to note that 35% of the interviewed homesteads acknowledged that women and children had become more vulnerable to abuse as a consequence of the Operation. Furthermore, a high proportion of these were from female-headed households. Loss of Quality care - Home Based Care (HBC) The national average from the households sampled was 14% of the respondents claiming that they had lost HBC. When this data was further disaggregated to capture households hosting chronically, it resulted in a subsequent increase to 40%. This could a result from HBC providers and recipients being dislocated by the operation. Loss of Comprehensive treatment - retroviral treatment (ARTs) Consistency in the administration of anti retroviral drugs is an important measure for effective results. No data was collected for the Harare survey. Approximately 15% of surveyed households reportedly had lost ARV treatment as a result of the Operation. Of these, 35% were households that had mentioned hosting chronically ill individual(s). Zimbabwe Operation Murambatsvina/Restore Order National Survey Report vi