As a first step toward designing resilience programming for Zimbabwe a joint analysis was conducted to establish the multi-sectoral factors affecting resilience of at-risk communities, including characterizing and mapping of key hazards.

The mapping of hazards was undertaken as a way of forming a knowledge base for building resilience among rural communities. A thorough understanding of these shocks will assist in the design of appropriate context specific resilience-building strategies.

The aim of the Mapping of Hazards is to deepen and broaden an understanding of shocks in Zimbabwe and how they impact upon the resilience of affected populations.