DAPP Zimbabwe has launched an emergency program focused on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and multi-purpose cash transfers to address the effects of the El Nino-induced drought in Epworth District, Harare Metropolitan Province. The program, titled Humanitarian Action to Mitigate the Effects of El Nino-Induced Drought (HAMED), will run for seven months from the 1st of March 2025 to the 30th of September 2025 funded by Humana Portugal through FPP Spain for the Funding support. The program aims to improve food security for 1,585 individuals affected by the drought (equivalent to 317 households) through mobile multi-purpose cash transfers in wards 3, 6, and 7. Additionally, it will enhance WASH infrastructure benefiting at least 12,000 people across wards 1 to 7 in the Epworth District.