ActionAid International - Combined Harare Residents’ Association - A Study on the impact of “Operation Murambatsvina/Restore Order” immediate need, will require help in the near future, since relatives’ support may be temporary and stretched as these find themselves in the same predicament. Figure 2. Coping mechanisms being employed by communities 40% 35% 30% 25% Proportion (%) 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Own Support Relatives support NGOs GoZ CBOs Not managing Offering assistance 3.5 Assistance currently being received by affected areas Of those that reported receiving assistance from the various sources, the following categories are the nature of assistance being received; food (17%), shelter (15%), monetary (8%), education for children (7%), relocation (5%), psycho-social support (5%) and legal help (4%). This clearly suggests that there are major gaps in the support that is being offered to the communities. 3.6 Perceived assistance required by communities As follow up question, respondents were asked on assistance they felt were areas of need that had arisen as a result of the operation. Table clearly demonstrates the areas that when cited by respondents. From the preceding paragraphs, it has been documented that major support gaps are in existence in the 26 wards. Table 6: Proportion of assistance required Therefore, the study sought Area of need Proportion (%) to establish the Shelter 73% communities perceptions as Food 83% areas of immediate need for Compensation 50% survival. This tie in with the Relocation 45% emerging issues captured in Education 56% this report. 73% of Legal help 4% surveyed homesteads Monetary (financial help) 74% require shelter, 83% require Psycho-social support 42% food and a further 74% require money. Education for children and psycho-social counselling had 56% and 42%, respectively. Close to half the respondents (45%) required to be assisted in relocation, whilst half of the interviewed homesteads required compensation for lost property. 12