The guardian shelter at Mwanza District Hospital looks more like ruins than a safe place for people. Caregivers must sleep under broken roofs with dangerous holes and loose boards. Martha Phiri fears for her life as she stays there to help her sick son recover from malaria. Rain pours through gaps in the shelter when storms come. Sharp nails stick out from the wooden frames that barely stay together.
According to Chrissy Kachere from Chikolosa village, a woman almost got hurt when part of the roof fell down. Nobody fixed the problem after people told hospital staff about the danger. Guardians live without basic things like lights or clean water as they care for patients each day. Dr Anthony Chafunya says the hospital knows about these problems but needs money to make repairs. The hospital asked four groups for help to build a better shelter for the families of 200,000 people who come there for medical care.
According to Chrissy Kachere from Chikolosa village, a woman almost got hurt when part of the roof fell down. Nobody fixed the problem after people told hospital staff about the danger. Guardians live without basic things like lights or clean water as they care for patients each day. Dr Anthony Chafunya says the hospital knows about these problems but needs money to make repairs. The hospital asked four groups for help to build a better shelter for the families of 200,000 people who come there for medical care.
