Zimbabwe: Economic crisis hits children harder

HARARE: Every morning, six days a week, Brighton Ziruvi, 13, boards a commuter bus for a 12km trip from his low-income suburb of Dzivaresekwa in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, to the central business district.

23 Oct 2008

[Zimbabwe] Child with food aid © Obinna Anyadike/IRIN

With a satchel full off mobile phone recharge cards strapped to his back, he heads to the street corner he calls his "shop," and shouts his voice hoarse until dusk, trying to sell to passersby.

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