Zimbabwe: Old and Hapless (July 2, 2007) Zimbabwe's seven-year economic crisis has made the elderly even more vulnerable. Their plights range from being unable to obtain necessary medicines to suffering from cold at night when the government cuts electricity supplies. Food is insufficient; residents of an elderly home survive on plain tea and two slices of bread in the morning, maize meal porridge and beans for lunch and supper.
(Source: GAA newsletter )
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