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A grant from AmeriCares purchased this low-draft powerboat to reach communities in need on the Zambezi
Piloting down the Zambezi River in Mozambique.
The customary form of river travel in Mozambique is via long wooden boats.
AmeriCares worker Jonathan Hodgdon hitches a ride on a tractor in the Chinde District.
Villagers turn out to greet the visitors.
An AmeriCares-funded hand-pump.
Flood-affected family resettled into new housing on higher ground.
An AmeriCares-funded shallow well at a resettlement site.
The boat becomes a "marine ambulance" to transport residents suffering from malaria, river-blindness and other tropical diseases to local treatment centers.
A session on hygiene education using role play.
