Prolonged drought threatens people in Manica

Thirty-six thousand people are struggling to get drinking water due to prolonged drought affecting the Guro district in northern Manica province.

Of those affected,nine thousand are residents of the village headquarters and the rest of the interior of the administrative posts of Mandi and Nhamassonje.Insufficient water from constructed sources,rivers and ponds, afforded the reduction of pasture availability for the animals.

Allied to this, the built cisterns have been dry for months,which contributes to the formation of
long queues at the few sources
of water, where people dispute
this liquid with animals.