Auhustine Mambowatema brings an offering of a chicken for care. Aileen Chichoni holds her bucket of grain at the hospital.
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Agnus Marot barters goods from her farm. Tatenda Mudonzvo holds an oil container full of peanuts.
Richard Ngirazi brought an offering of a chicken to the center. Godfrey Gawaziwa shows his bag of peanuts.
Shotious Namara shows his goat outside the hospital. Areen Beriko shows her offering of nuts and grains
Innocent Chidewendi, his wife Madelaine Shisdodo and child Anis Chidewendi offer peanuts at the hospital. Simbarashi Matongo barters goods from his farm.
Bartering for Health
For many rural Zimbabweans, cash remains so scarce that the 85-bed Chidamoyo Christian Hospital allows its patients to barter goods like peanuts, chickens and goats for medical care. Each day hundreds come to the hospital towing grain, nuts, chickens and other items from their farms.
Kathy McCarty, head nurse, or sister-in-charge at Chidamoyo Christian Hospital, sits in a chapel that has been turned into storage for bartered goods in the hospital in Chidamoyo, Zimbabwe. McCarty has managed the hospital, 35 miles from the nearest tarred road, since 1981.
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