Rising water starts to flood his cabin. We will be stuck here. This is the daily reality of aid in Mozambique. An army of old vehicles has been hired locally to deliver growing stocks of aid flown by international armed forces from airports in Maputo and Beira to the stricken countryside. But the distribution of the supplies involves a tortuous journey and an agonising delay.
Faqir spends another half-hour trying to revive the engine.
Finally, in desperation, he strikes a hammer against the fuel line. The engine rumbles into life. The journey from Maputo so far hasn't been easy. The small tourist haven for visiting South Africans is a mere 400 miles away from Maputo. But supplies obtained by Save the Children languished there in a storeroom last weekend.