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Region: Bulawayo

A Struggle with Aging Infrastructure

Aging infrastructure and silted dams are crippling the city’s water system, leaving residents and businesses in a constant struggle for survival.

Life Without Access

The city’s water crisis exposes deep inequalities, forcing vulnerable residents to confront daily struggles for basic survival.

A Drying City’s Climate Crisis

With dams drying up and rainfall patterns disrupted by climate change, residents are grappling with a worsening water crisis that exposes the city’s fragile infrastructure and deep inequalities.

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