Inside the Mbare typhoid disaster in pictures

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We bring you graphic pictures from inside the hostels of Mbare.

As sure as the sun will rise, folks in Harare’s oldest suburb of Mbare know that the rainy season brings with it typhoid or cholera, reports Phylis Mbanje after visiting the Matapi hostels.

We bring you graphic pictures from inside the hostels of Mbare. *Please note, some of the pictures are so graphic some may find them disturbing.

DANGEROUS PLAYGROUND: A young boy runs past a heap of  uncollected rubbish  and a puddle of water and sewage in Mbare
DANGEROUS PLAYGROUND: A young boy runs past a heap of uncollected rubbish and a puddle of water and sewage in Mbare

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The children in Mbare find themselves playing with the hazardous muddy water.
The children in Mbare find themselves playing with the hazardous muddy water.
Some of the toilets at Matapi Hostels.
Some of the toilets at Matapi Hostels.

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In this photo, taken inside one of the hostels in Mbare, a tenant washes dishes while above, raw sewage flows from the toilets on the upper floors
In this photo, taken inside one of the hostels in Mbare, a tenant washes dishes while above, raw sewage flows from the toilets on the upper floors
 Children play in the corridor of one of the hostels
Children play in the corridor of one of the hostels

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