Cyclone survivors have refused to move into makeshift tents, saying they will be forgotten in there this winter. They are camped at sc...
Cyclone survivors have refused to move into makeshift tents,
saying they will be forgotten in there this winter.
They are camped at schools and churches in Ngangu Township,
Chimanimani. They are demanding that they be allocated residential stands to
pitch the tents while building permanent houses.
The tents pitched opposite Chimanimani Hotel and
Chimanimani Country Club remain empty. With schools set to open for second term
next Tuesday, expectations were that people camped at learning institutions
would have been relocated elsewhere to free up learning space.
“We are not moving into those tents. No. All we are saying
is that we want to be allocated residential stands. If the authorities want us
to move into those tents, it will be on condition that they allocate us stands
and move the tents to our residential stands,” Mr Shepherd Musikavanhu told the
Manica Post.
Mrs Sheila Mwahlupa, who is camped at Ngangu Primary
School, said they fear being neglected once they moved into the tents, hence
their insistence on being allocated residential stands outside the township.
“We have seen how people can easily be neglected after
similar natural disasters. We do not want that to happen to us. They should
just allocate us residential stands and then pitch the tents on our stands,”
she said. The government says it is working on finding a permanent
solution.
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