RECOMMENDATIONS The range of recommendations presented in the report is mentioned in summary form below. These are aimed at those involved and responding to the crisis. Policy analysis is urgent and will be subsequent to this report. General Recommendations:1. There is urgent need to resolve the accommodation/ shelter question for all affected families. 2. Urgent restoration of livelihoods for affected families should be prioritised to ensure recovery and long term sustainability of income for affected communities. 3. There is urgent need to grant and guarantee access to appropriate treatment and quality care for people living with HIV/AIDS. 4. There is urgent need to conduct an in-depth national survey to better inform responses and to develop a commonly agreed national data set of the current situation. 5. There is urgent need to scale up the national response and meet the needs of the affected families. 6. There is need to consolidate the different coordination processes and ensure the meaningful sharing of information and activities by all stakeholders involved. 7. Need for urgent donor commitment for additional support to affected communities. 8. Urgent need to create awareness on the impact, extent and effects of the operation on affected communities. 1 As reported in The Herald 28 July 2005 2 The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights undertook a fact finding mission to Zimbabwe in June 2002 on the invitation of the Zimbabwean Government. 3 A senior ZANU (PF) MP and deputy minister made the startling assertion in Parliament that displaced urban dwellers should suffer because they are not ―indigenous‖. This was reported in an article in Business Day on 6 July 2005. 4 Cape Times 7 July 2005. 5 See page 25 of the report of the Special Envoy, as well as Footnote 44, where it is commented: “ UNHABITAT: Slums of the World: The Face of Urban Poverty in the New Millennium, 2003. Slums are defined by the United Nations as settlements which are lacking one or more of the following: secure tenure, access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, durability of dwelling, and sufficient space to avoid over-crowding. Most of the Zimbabwean backyard extensions could not be considered or captured by this definition as slums, thus the low figure.‖ 6 The ActionAid report has now been updated through a more comprehensive national study. The study confirms and extends the findings of the previous report on Harare. See A Study on the impact of ―OPERATION MURAMBATSVINA/RESTORE ORDER‖ in Zimbabwe, ActionAid International – Southern Africa Partnership Programme (SAPP-ZIMBABWE) in collaboration with Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) and Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), August 2005.