46664 visits HIV/AIDS projects in Mozambique

“At first everybody was astonished. How could such a big tree fall down?”

We’re in the small village of Munhinga, in central Mozambique, about 60km from the nearest city, Chimoio. The community leader, Guilherne Samussone, is telling us about a special tree.

When Cyclone Favio passed through here [in February 2007], it was so strong that this big tree was pushed to the ground. Most of its roots were out of the ground and it lay flat across the road. But then slowly, bit by bit, the tree straightened. Children walking to school would see it and say “What’s going on? The tree is moving!”