We won't forget whats happened Mbagala

When you walk around Mbagala Kuu area you will definitely come across a good number of women either in pairs or small groups gathering round to discuss their fate after the April 29 bomb blasts. Most of these women are in the dark as to what will actually happen to them and their families. Many of them have grim hope of returning to normal life. This is because when it comes to family care, women are the mostly involved. It is much so for women of Mbagala Kuu where the blasts which apart from loss of lives and destruction of property including houses and household items, have also led to disintegration of many families. A survey conducted by 'Woman Magazine' at the area established that some families have been forced to ask relatives in various parts of Dar es Salaam to accommodate their children due to lack of sufficient shelter at the site as well as constant fear of further explosions. “Life is not the same here. As you can see it by yourself we live in tents…in some cases two families share one tent. How can we take care of the children in such a situation,” wonders Mwasiti Kalanje (35), a mother of three children. But taking children to live with relatives was also not an easy task especially for families with more than one child. Such families had to look for several relatives to share the burden of staying with the kids. That means children who were used to live under one roof have now to live separately. Mrs Kalanje says the problem forced her family to split into three groups. “I and my youngest child Josephine live with a relative at Kichemchem area, my husband lives in the provided tent while the other two children – Nassir and Junior live with a relative at Mbagala Kilungure,” she says.