Zimbabwe

2008/09

01 - 04

Tatenda, George and three children live in a single room without gas or electricity. Tatenda and the two elder children work early morning to night selling basic commodities such as fruit, cigarettes, etc.

05 - 06

Sheila explains the difficulty of relying on her late husband’s pension in conditions of hyper-inflation.

07 - 09

Orphaned Grace and her widowed grandmother Natalie. Household assets include an oven, a couple of chairs and a Bible. Grace wants to be a doctor.

10 - 11

Twenty seven families living in an old hall after being displaced by the government’s 2005 “clean up” program. Curtains delimit each family’s living space.

14 - 16

Ruth, age 20, head of a household of eight in a single room. Ruth and her daughter adore the newest household member, age 24 hours. The newborn’s mother (Ruth’s sister) cooks a meal from maize flour given as a gift, 24 hours after giving birth.

17

“Cleanliness is next to Godliness”. Even if you haven’t eaten for the last two days.

18 - 19

Nonhlahla. “Positive” and proud.

(not real names)