Hat tip to Mike for sharing this heart wrenching video about Zimbabweans forced to starvation with only mining of gold to survive. No paper money is accepted and if you want to eat you must have gold, the only form of exchange. This once prosperous African nation was brought to this present situation by Robert Mugabe, their less than benevolent dictator. As you will see in the video, they thought he was going to bring them prosperity and instead he has brought them misery and death. Think it can't happen to a first world country? When those in power turn to tyranny, it is the natural evolutionary flow of a society.
A Guardian film smuggled out of Zimbabwe brings home the economic devastation and deprivation Robert Mugabe has wreaked upon his own people. With Morgan Tsvangirai, the opposition leader, preparing to take up the post of prime minister in a unity government, Sam Chakaipa, at considerable risk to himself and as an act of resistance, returned clandestinely to his village, 125 miles from Harare, to document the plight of his former neighbors.
I have researched various organizations that work to help these poor souls in order to find one that is honest and uses the funds wisely. If you feel compelled as I have to help, please take a look at this website for the Zimbabwe Benefit Foundation.
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