GOAL has been operational in Zimbabwe since October 2002 and has mainly been involved in food distribution to combat the food shortages that have affected the country since 2000. Land reform measures introduced by the Government have rendered large amounts of prime farmland unproductive, and, as a result, contributed to the food shortages. Other factors such as poor rainfall, the collapse of the economy and the high rate of HIV/AIDS have played a part in turning what was once a food exporting country into a country dependent on foreign food aid for its survival.