They are called upon to provide protection from dangers lurking in the mines and factories; they are expected to help heal injuries, physical and emotional, associated with such work; and they are turned to with the stresses faced by women left alone to care for children, fields and livestock with little, if any, money.
Vha ya vhidziwa uri vhadise tsireledzo kha khombo ine ya nga vha migodini; hu lavhelelwa uri vha kone u fhodza zwilonda, mimuya na nga nnda, zwo tumana na heyo mishumo, vha dovha vha vha vha tshi khou lavhelesana na mitsiko ine ya vha i tshi khou lavheleswa nga vhafumakadzi vho sala vha vhothe na vhana, masimu, zwifuwo, vhutshilo na tshelede arali i tshi khou todea.