Impoverished families in Tanzania are being tricked into giving up their disabled children by human traffickers. Promised a better life, the children are instead smuggled into Kenya and forced to beg, often for years.
Africa Eye goes undercover to expose the traffickers trading in human misery and helps one young victim escape his captors.
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Credits:
Reporter – Njeri Mwangi
Tanzanian Journalist – Florence Majani
Executive Producer – Seamus Mirodan
Edit Producer – Dickon Le Marchant
Producer – Kassim Mohamed, Hussein Mohamed
Director – Pete Murimi & Elijah Kanyi
Film Editor – John Moratiel
Camera – Elijah Kanyi, Pete Murimi, James Gitungo
Drone Operator – Nick Wambugu
Production Manager – Simon Frost
Graphics – Medioto
Reversioning Producers – Anna Payton, Izzy Fleming
Impact Producer – Courtney Bembridge
Digital Producer – Tamasin Ford
Social Media Producer – Anusha Kumar
Online Editor – Chris Stott
Sound Mix – Jez Spencer
Colourist – Boyd Nagle
Production Coordinators – Charlotte Fraser, Max Murrain
Translator – Tina Robi
Africa Eye Editor – Tom Watson
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It's clearly some mother's from Tanzania 'sell ' their kids to these monsters…look at Farah's mother, it is like she disappointed to see him again..nkt
Well done Njeri and the team. The story of Farah was most heart breaking. I hope he finds joy and peace
The mother seems not to care… Sad
This was great investigative journalism. Farah finally free but how many more are suffering in the hands of Zengos
kweli MUNGU awabariki sana just look then am crying
This is evil to the core
Lol when he was being arrested and crying about how can you treat disabled people this way! Hypocrisy!!!! Jail this man forever
why cry now you shouldn't have let her go, that's so selfish to send your child away like that.
This is the heights of wickedness
This is sad, but the case with farah, i think it was better he was staying where he was, it seems he is not wanted and will now be a burden, the only problem is i believe they should have been giving him money for him self and not mistresting him
My heart break for this children ! I pray for them 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💜
When they dragged zengo out his house aggressively, I actually got my first smile during the entire documentary.
God bless you my sister. You are simply the best
All that money spent investigating and you could have slaughtered zengo brutally very slowly when you found him but dnt kill him and no medical attention poor acid in his eyes
The woman complain about his husband stupid woman
This world is full of sorrow
This journalist is a brave woman 👏🏾
What is wrong with Black people? We are a cursed nation.🤔 We have no compassion towards our children. All this behaviour always by men because the women generally have no say and the government sit and watch.
He doesn't receive a penny.🤢😭
If a strong man like me I shading tears then it is too emotional 😭😭😭😭😭
This is just unthinkable! Excruciatingly painful… 😭😭😭
Sad to see the mothers of these children are just Gaving them away without thinking of consequences 😢 💔 😞. Great documentary thank you for rescuing the children.
This is too sad😢