APPENDIX B. Executive Summary of ActionAid International & Combined Harare Residents’ Association Report on Operation Murambatsvina. The Harare Operation Murambatsvina Survey represents a unique opportunity to gain ins ights into the impact of Operation Murambatsvina on communities and households where the Operation was executed since 18 May 2005. This report attempts to give a factual account of the impact Operation Murambatsvina/Restore Order. This is done through analysis of the impact at both household level and community level. A structured questionnaire was used in the collection of data from 14,137 respondents distributed in 26 affected high density suburbs. The quantitative household survey was designed to collect the following types of information from the interviewed households: 1) household demographics, 2) Livelihood activities affected by the operation, 3) household impact, 4) current coping mechanisms being employed by the communities in response to the operation, 5) assistance communities are currently receiving 6) assistance currently being offered and assistance perceived as required by the communities. Initially 26 team leaders for each ward were trained on the administration of the questionnaire and sampling procedures. Thereafter, a further 9 researchers were trained by the trained by the team leaders at ward level. Therefore, 260 researchers collected this information over a two day period. At least 500 homesteads were visited during the course of the study. This represents a third of households per ward. Data collected was entered stored and exported into Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 13. Subsequently, analysis was done to generate frequencies, descriptive and derived variables. Socio-demographic data of the sampled wards Assumptions: 1. At least 3 households stay at one homestead 2. Average household size is 5.8 3. Assume the remaining 4 high density residential wards are not different from the other samples wards. 4. 97% of households affected by the operation Calculation Process: 1. 14,137 households were survey 2. total population surveyed is 81,995 Based on these figures and assumptions, the following are projected households that were affected by the operation;