Petro: “My name is Chigendera Petro. I’m 72 years old. We’re in Minova.”

Bernadetta: “My name is Pendeki Bernadetta. I’m 50 years old. This is my home, in Minova.”

Petro: “We’ve been welcoming refugees into our home for seven years.”

Petro: “These people come and go. Every time the problems start up again, they come back here. And when things calm down again, they return to their homes.”

Bernadetta: “The last time they arrived in December. In December of last year.”

Petro: These people like to come here because I receive them well. We must welcome everyone who comes here. If I were to flee to their homes, they would do the same.

Petro: We live by farming. We harvest and store what we gather in the house. If someone comes who says he’s hungry, we give him a little bit to eat. When one has food to spare, one cannot refuse it to his neighbour. One gives to his neighbour who is displaced. He cannot go back to where he comes from. Now you must become a brother and welcome him into your home. Once you see that somebody is taking shelter in your home, you can’t kick him out. You welcome him into your heart and you bring him to your house. He is a human being like myself. And tomorrow I can seek refuge at his home and he will tell me to come into his house.