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Update From Zimbabwe

04.08.04 (4:06 am) [edit]

Yesterday the World Food Program took Justice and I about 250 kilometers out of Harare to within a few miles of the Mozambique border. When we finally arrived at a tiny village down miles of dirt roads, we came across a massive temporary food distribution center. A bunch of huts constructed from sticks and old food bags had been set up in an open field, and they were giving out food to more than 2500 people. The drive took four hours each way, so we had a limited amount of time to film the distribution, but what we did shoot definitely made the whole trip worth it.

In other news, Justice is lined up to perform at a Reggae and Hip-Hop concert in downtown Harare - probably the first American to rock a Zimbabwe show in quite some time. It should be quite interesting to see how the crowd will react, but I think it's looking to be a pretty live event. We'll post some audio and pictures from the show when we get back into Johannesburg on Saturday.

DL Fitch

posted by: Gina (reply)
post date: 04.08.04 (2:52 pm)

WOW! You guys are seein it, for sure! what's the weather and terrain like in Zimbabwe...are you driving through miles of desert like conditions, drought, red dirt, forested or desert like terrain? Give us a sense of living conditions, water resources, health of the people...villages look organized and clean. When Justice's dad and I were in (west) Africa, the cities were always a mass of poverty, disease, and poor sanitation, whereas the villages always seemed well cared for, clean and organized, even if people had very little. Are these Zimbabwean people hanging on by a thread. And is the food being distributed rice, corn or wheat? what do they eat there?
Gina/Mom