Feature: Cyclone Idai victims back on their feet

AGNES MATIZA (72) walks briskly for her age to open the gate and welcome visitors into her well-kept yard.

The senior citizen ushers her visitors towards the fowl run where they are also welcome by the clucking sound of hens.

Gogo Matiza is one of thousands of villagers in Chimanimani district whose lives were extensively set back following the devastating effects of Cyclone Idai floods that left many livelihoods negatively affected in 2019.

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