AFTER being abandoned by her heartless mother, and forced to sacrifice her childhood, an 11-year-old girl has become the sole caregiver and breadwinner for her paralysed father in Chimanimani.
The little girl is the sole provider for all her father’s needs, including scrounging for food to feed him and soap to bath him. The young girl, Patience Mukute, was supposed to be doing Grade Six at Bumba Primary School, but had to forgo her academic pursuits despite her brilliance to take good care of her ailing father, Mr Taurai Mukute, prompting the community to appeal for help on behalf of the hard pressed family.
When The Manica Post crew visited their homestead in Mandima Village under Chief Mutambara recently, the situation was heart-wrenching as, both the father and minor could barely walk - the former due to the stroke that paralysed him, and the latter to some fire burns.
Patience’s health has also visibly given in - with the burns on both legs, labourious tasks she endure daily, coupled with poor nutrition and lack of medication taking a toll on her
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16 сен 2024
