Care groups breathe life to the vulnerable

EIGHT of Maria Ncube’s grandchildren made a beeline for a thatched mud round hut after washing their hands.

They graciously took platefuls of a meal from homegrown crops in Zimbabwe’s rural Mangwe district. Sitting on rugs in the homestead’s sandy yard, they quickly devoured the meal – a sweet mix of boiled maize grains, mashed pumpkin and sugar – before returning for a second serving.

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