This archive report was first published on 19 November 2019.
On October 26, 16-year-old Anna Zambi was waiting for her parents and siblings to visit her in school for prayer day ahead of her secondary school examinations.
Little did she know that this would be the last time she would see her family alive.
It was not until almost a month later, when she finished her exams, that she came to learn that her entire family had perished in an accident.
According to The Citizen, published on November 19, 2019, the family's car was swept away in flash floods in Handeni District, Tanga region, Tanzania, while they were traveling from Dar es Salaam to Kilimanjaro.
So tragic was the incident that the family members chose not to tell her about it, allowing her to finish her exams in peace.
When she finished the exams, she traveled back home to be with her family and that is when she learnt what had happened.
She was shown the graves of her parents, Lingiston Zambi and Winifrida Lymo, and three siblings, Lulu, Grace, and Andrew.
On Monday, the Tanzanian Government announced that they would support Anna Zambi, stating that the Ministry of Health, Community, Gender, Elderly and Children would pay for her psychological rehabilitation and education.
