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Photo from Dakate/ Save River,Gumira, Chipinge District, Zimbabwe
 
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Here is the Dakate River, which flows into the Save River. During the rainy season the rivers flood and the crocodiles move in. The crocodiles make it impossible for many schoolchildren to get to Gumira Primary School, and that means no school for months.

by Robert Joppa
Dakate/ Save River,Gumira, Chipinge District, Zimbabwe (1999)

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