GroundUp: Everyday heroes of Cyclone Idai By GroundUp GroundUp_News
Electricity, not a sure thing in Zimbabwe at the best of times, cut out as Cyclone Idai and its 190km/hour winds swirled up from Mozambique towards Chimanimani in Zimbabwe’s eastern highlands.
When dawn finally filtered through the heavy cloud cover, he saw “people walking around, everyone busy doing something, carrying blankets, food. I saw this is a disaster. I saw people injured.” Among the injuries were broken limbs, and “many people with broken spinal cords”. He said 11 people in Ngangu had broken backs. Later on, he saw five broken spines in a settlement over the mountain called Sheri, and three in Manase. “I saw them with my own eyes.”Mwarumba and his friend and soccer teammate Decent Semenye made stretchers from sacking and poles and carried the injured, as well as the dead, to the Roman Catholic church that survived the storm.Three, we found alive in the river.
He said “government members” in Chimanimani were only dealing with the disaster in Ngangu and not covering other affected areas in the rural district. High said she gave the team three instructions: Wash them, feed them, and make them laugh. She says it is evident from the photos they took on their cellphones that they did a fantastic job.
Mwarumba was one of those who slogged the 5km up to the summit 600m above the town. High said most hikers took about two-and-a-half hours to amble up. Mwarumba and his teammates did it in 90 minutes.
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