Jason Masiyiwa is on Facebook, Msn Messenger and Hi5. He lives in Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe and he became friends with people from all over the world through the internet. With all new friends he makes, Jason tells them about the financial problems that he has and then asks for some financial assistance. He is only 21 and a father. After finishing high school last year, he married his girlfriend. He has a 1 year old son who will be a big brother in a few weeks when his pregnant mother will give birth again. Jason has access to the internet thanks to the temporary job he has; working in an internet cafe in Harare. The so-called cafe has only 2 desktop computers, so when 2 customers come in at the same time, Masiyiwa is forced to cede his place even if he was in the middle of an online conversation. He can only eat once a day, when he comes home from work around 4 PM because there is never-enough food for the three of them. So far, he has received a 50$ help from an English woman living in London. The money was sent via the transfer agency; Western Union. The amount helped buy necessities for the unborn child. Though the Zimbabwe Dollar was suspended because of its grave inflation, Jason is neither positively or negatively affected by it. He even does not care if Robert Mugabe or Morgan Tsvangirai is President or Prime Minister. He only wants to live in a world where his family do not have to worry about ttheir next meal. He remains poor,on his post, waiting online all day long on Facebook, Msn,Hi5 and very soon Twitter.
Caleb Phiri for Africa Matata
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