Early this week, South African music star Yvonne Chaka Chaka was in Tanzania as part of her campaign to advocate for the reduction in water borne diseases particularly Malaria.
During her Monday visit to a health centre in Mtwara, Tanzania she could not hold back her tears. Yvonne visited the children’s ward where the nurses narrated a story about a mother who brought her sick child with Malaria to the hospital. Thed child died on admission to the hospital. The saddest part was that the mother had to carry the dead child’s body all the way to the village on her back. She could not afford a hearse.
Overwhelmed, the singer wept openly before she donated a car to be used in such cases.
Later she performed for an eager crowd at the Mtwara shopping centre.
Photos/Mzee Wa Sumo
Didn't know Malaria was a water borne disease. All this while I thought it was the bloody mosquitos, just because I listened to what the teachers told me back in school. The suckers!
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