Why Andrew Mukuba Came Home

Andrew Mukuba was born in Zimbabwe and lived there until he was 8 years old. He’d sleep on the floor with his six siblings in a house that went a week without electricity. 

Most days, the Mukuba children were alone in that house. Their parents were out trying to make money to support them in a country where the essentials most Americans take for granted are only obtained through struggle. The Mukubas only got that week’s water for drinking, cooking and bathing if they walked four miles through Zimbabwe’s capital city to wait in line for it.