An international NGO on Tuesday said a shortage of funds was hampering the delivery of assistance to Zimbabwe's urban poor. Help Germany coordinator Hans Sittig told IRIN: "With the limited funds we are just managing to provide help to those who fall under our programme. But that is just scratching the surface. There are many other vulnerable groups who are desperately in need of assistance."
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The development agency is currently running a feeding programme for malnourished children aged under six in Harare and Bulawayo, in conjunction with the local health department and the World Food Programme (WFP). Sittig said: "The situation in Bulawayo is a lot more serious than in Harare, where we see a high incidence of children who are suffering from growth faltering. This can be directly attributed to the critical food shortages in the city."
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