Zimbabwe: Red Cross Seeks $32 Million

The Red Cross says it needs $32 million to feed more than 200,000 Zimbabweans who have no access to hard currency in their country’s collapsed economy.

The Red Cross’ Zimbabwe representative, Stephen Omollo, said Wednesday that markets had food, but that people could not afford to buy it.

The Red Cross is distributing food vouchers that vendors can later exchange for cash. The United Nations also appealed this week for $378 million in aid for Zimbabwe but says the situation has improved somewhat under a 10-month-old coalition government.



* AP