Chivi villagers appeal for help

TATENDA CHIKARA IN CHIVI

At least 75 families whose homes  and crops were destroyed by  a hailstorm in Mazorodze village, Chivi district, Masvingo Province last month are appealing for assistance  from well-wishers to rebuild their lives, BusinessTimes can report.

They said the hailstorm left them hopeless.

“…. We do not know where to begin from since all our crops were destroyed and some of our village mates got their homes destroyed,” a villager who declined to be named told Business Times.

Another villager concurred.

“I was left devastated when the hailstorm ended. All my two houses were brought to rubles. I am pleading for assistance from well-wishers as we are now squatting in a single room with family,” the villager, who also requested anonymity, said.

A third villager weighed in saying: “My two children were caught by the hailstorm while a distance away from home. I had to look for them in a bush where I found them hiding and badly injured in the head.”

Contacted to comment on the matter, the councilor for ward 12 ,Tedfed Tizai  told Business Times: “I can confirm the hailstorm case that occurred in Mazorodze village. It left a number of houses damaged and all crops destroyed that the people do not know where to begin from.”

A philanthropist and businessman, Exevia Maoneke,  assisted villagers with 75×10 kg bags of mealie-mealie and seeds.