S_x workers in Dema Growth Point, Zimbabwe, are now accepting buckets of maize and cups of beans as payment from their cash-strapped male clients. Some of the prostitutes who spoke to ‘New Zimbabwe’ , appealed to the government and other organizations for low-interest loans to start income-generating projects to fend for their starving families. One of the s_x workers who only identified herself as Alice, said; âGone are the days when we used to charge US$5 for the whole night. These days even one dollar is accepted, so that you are able to buy vegetables and tomatoes and cook something for your starving children.â