[Video] Zim soldiers didn't help, tried to block us & lied about rescue: St Charles Lwanga students povonews.com/world/africa/z…

*Never came to school
*Soldiers refused to give them food & transport at Skyline saying no permission
*Teachers walked back to school to get food

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*Dining hall & dormitory damaged by landslide on Friday evening killing three people (2 students & security guard)
*Slept at school on Saturday thinking soldiers would come
*Walked to Skyline after running out of food

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*Soldiers refused to help them at Skyline, had come to transport dead & said no command to transport students/teachers
*Waited in the rain whilst soldiers had tents & trucks, so decided to walk to Seminary 2 were they slept on Saturday evening

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*After soldiers refused them food, teachers went back to the school to get stale food and charge phones, came back Sunday morning
*Went back to Skyline on Sunday but soldiers still refused to help them.

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*Later on soldiers said they will travel with teachers & leave students but they refused
*They walked 3km in frustration & that is when soldiers helped them with transport
*Wanted to go home but soldiers took them to Chipinge

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*In total there were 172 people at St Charles Lwanga (158 students & 14 teachers)
*They saw the false reports that they received help whilst they were at Skyline
*Initially refused food from soldiers insisting they want to go home

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Correct picture of St Charles Lwanga Seminary Secondary Students during their long walk from the school to Skyline is this one

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@lilomatic Check video for what really happened

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Video of St Charles Lwanga teachers and students narrating their ordeal from the time Cyclone Idai destroyed the school

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