Mozambique
Life around the Zambezi River
Caia and Chimuara both sit on the path of the National Highway Number One (EN1). The highway, which connects the southern, central and northern regions of the country, meets the river on either side due to the recent road rehabilitation . This area is also home to a ferry service, which carries large volumes of traffic to the other side. With the increase in road traffic beginning in the late nineties, the area has also registered growth in commercial activities. Many informal traders and business owners have established barracas, crude guest houses and vending stalls along the river for the purposes of providing goods and services to large transport companies and other motorists passing through.
There is no need to tell that both river sides are a burden of all kind activities. Besides food the barracas and guest houses provide the waiting truck drivers with additional sex services. Mozambique suffers a large number of orphans caused by Hiv/Aids, no different in this area. The orphans are often taking in by relatives or family. Due to the poverty they are forced to work in the barracas or to do sex work at night with older people and run all sorts of risks…
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