ActionAid International Southern Africa Partnership Programme (SAPP-Zimbabwe) Perceived assistance required The table below clearly demonstrates the areas that when cited by respondents. Proportion of assistance required Area of need Proportion (%) Shelter 68% Food 76% Compensation 54% Relocation 45% Education 54% Legal help 39% Monetary (financial help) 72% Psycho-social support 36% Sixty eight (68%) of surveyed homesteads require shelter, 75% require food and a further 72% require money (adjacent Table). Education for children and psycho-social counselling had 54% and 36%, respectively. A few (45%) required to be assisted in relocation, whilst slightly over half of the interviewed homesteads required compensation for lost property. Conclusion The foregoing sections clearly demonstrate the overall negative effect of Operation Murambatsvina has had on residents of the six areas surveyed, mainly in the high density suburbs. The destruction of accommodation has resulted in both increased pressure on houses that exist as well as the disintegration of families. The disruptive nature of the Operation has resulted in a large number of children missing school. Furthermore, rentals have also increased substantially in the last 3 months. Informal livelihoods were the main source of income for the majority of respondents. The actions taken by the GoZ towards the destruction of the informal sector so as to legitimise it, has crippled many households. This has resulted in many households claiming that they had become food insecure, have limited income, lost shelter, property, increased vulnerability to women and children, deterioration of health, orphans and women, physical safety of the household being compromised. On HIV/AIDS, prevention efforts have been compromised by the destruction of tuckshops and other informal sales points, which were a major sales and access point for condoms. The VCT component has also been highly compromised as people are not likely to opt for testing and counselling while they are displaced and desperate for humanitarian assistance. It can be argued that access to prevention information has also been diminished as the information focal points (work places, residential clusters) have been destroyed. Comprehensive treatment and quality care have also been compromised and this is characterised by disruption of ongoing treatment and in most cases the complete cessation of drug compliance due to lack of access and or proximity to the dispensing outlets. Assistance being received by affected communities remains sub-optimal and at times inappropriate to say the least. Social and safety networks have been exhausted and require urgent complementation. Areas of need have been identified by the communities and the most vulnerable by sectors have also been discussed. Zimbabwe Operation Murambatsvina/Restore Order National Survey Report viii