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Zimbabwe girls trade sex for food

by Babel-Fish | June 12, 2009 at 04:24 am

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Growing numbers of children in Zimbabwe are turning to prostitution to survive, the charity Save the Children says.

The aid agency says increasing poverty is leading girls as young as 12 to sell their bodies for as little as a packet of biscuits.

It also claims that the coming football World Cup in neighbouring South Africa could soon make things worse.

Unemployment in Zimbabwe is thought to top 90% and many cannot afford to pay for food, medical care or school fees.

The deputy head teacher of a large school east of Victoria Falls told the BBC that hundreds of her female students are now selling their bodies for whatever they can get.

This is shamefull, its horrible and unfortunatly truthfull

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Paschen

at 04:46 on June 12th, 2009

Okay, that is really bad.

Rhonda J Mangus

at 05:39 on June 12th, 2009

Thanks for this, Babel-Fish.

Babel-Fish

at 08:06 on June 12th, 2009

It make me so angry that such things can happen there is so much evil in this world, some times I want to weep for humanity.

Amy Judd

at 08:34 on June 12th, 2009

It is unfortunately true that when global events come to cities and people from all over the world flock there, prostitution increases as it is seen as an opportunity to make extra money, which is just so tragic. We are seeing the same thing here in Vancouver with the upcoming Olympic Games, officials are predicitng that the sex trade will only get worse during that time as so many people will be in the city.

Babel-Fish

at 17:53 on June 12th, 2009

This is going on now and I expect since the food shortage caused by the politics of Robert Mugabe of whom is really a dictator of whom pulls all the strings.

anarkissed

at 09:58 on June 12th, 2009

I wish we did a better job of teaching our sons. They should not do this to girls.

Roy C

at 11:33 on June 12th, 2009

Zimbabwe was a net food exporter until Robert Mugabe began his "reform" of farmland, appropriating land as he saw fit from white farmers, and using thugs to keep black opposition party members in line.