Zim students in Cuba

EDITOR – I have just graduated and I spent a substantial period of my student life in Cuba. Now that I am leaving Cuba, I need to draw attention to the situation Zimbabwean students are facing there in order for the government to do something about it.

Students in Cuba are living in misery. The government has to do something to support those studying in communist countries because students there are not allowed to work and the banks don’t allow us to receive money from home. The government of Cuba gives students $4 a month, which is little more than a drop in the ocean. Students from other African countries are paid on time, even those from the smallest, poorest countries. Why does the Zimbabwean government fail to pay us our stipends?

The government is not doing enough to resolve the issues of Zimbabwean students. We are the poorest and the most ignored students in the world. The only option left for us is to participate in illegal business. How else can we afford our fees and living expenses? Some people here have taken their own lives because of the shame associated with poverty. Others borrow money from students from Mozambique, Angola, Zambia or Botswana. What sort of image are we putting across of our home country? I am just glad to be leaving Cuba soon. What about those who I am leaving behind? – Anon., by e-mail

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