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Zimbabwe: Child labourers swarm the trenches of predatory Odzi
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April 4, 2023

“During the third week of the first Covid-19 lockdown, we ran out of the little food we had. We spent two days on empty stomachs and this forced me to join a group of children from my village who were going to pan for gold along Odzi River. I have not stopped since then,” she said.

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Small children work at the bed of a river, panning for gold
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Zimbabwe: Child labourers swarm the trenches of predatory Odzi

“During the third week of the first Covid-19 lockdown, we ran out of the little food we had. We spent two days on empty stomachs and this forced me to join a group of children from my village who were going to pan for gold along Odzi River. I have not stopped since then,” she said.

Mary Mundeya April 4, 2023

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