Building Healthier Cities: Mental Health Impact of Floods

Menzi Maxwell, Informal Settlement Resident, describes living with trauma after flooding events.

  • Image ID 56902962
  • Production Year 2024
  • Length 00:00:25
  • Production Company Open Planet Studios
  • ResolutionUHD ProResUHDHD
  • FormatMP4MOV
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Synopsis

Interview transcript:We find it very difficult to live here because whenever it rains, we can't sleep.People are living with trauma.Whenever we see clouds gathering, that trauma comes back.And to an extent that we can't sleep at night.We keep calling each other.We go out to check if the water level on the river, if it's going up.


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Let it Rain Films