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Zimbabwe: Help a Zimbabwean return home to vote

Thursday, June 19th, 2008 @ 15:10 UTC

by Ndesanjo Macha

Countries:: Zimbabwe
Topics:: Elections, Politics
Languages:: English

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mg:: Zimbaboe : Tohanò ny fodian'ireo Zimbabeana maniry hifidy...

A campaign to help Zimbabweans abroad return home to vote: Sponsorship options include assisting an employee with a return ticket, paying for one or more seats on a bus via the www.votezim.com website, or even sponsoring an entire bus.

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