Zimbabwe: Hungry Bulawayans Scavenge for Food

Bulawayo — Dawn breaks in Bulawayo. A trail of squatting silhouettes can be seen lining a stretch of the road that runs through a poor township. Men and women scramble to pick up barely visible grains of maize and toss them into pots, buckets – all sorts of containers.

The people scavenging along the road are not bothered by the flashing lights of oncoming traffic. They carry on, knowing that their lives depend on what little food they can salvage.

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