Embassy of Japan supports 91΄σΟ㽶 in Zimbabwe
On 18 March 2013, 91΄σΟ㽶 received a grant of $864,153 from the Embassy of Japan in Harare. The grant will allow 91΄σΟ㽶 to equip, train and deploy seven manual demining sections and provides running costs for a minefield survey capacity. Ninety two Zimbabwean staff will be employed by the grant.
The demining activities will take place in north-eastern Zimbabwe along the border with Mozambique where communities live at risk, right beside some of the densest minefields left in the world. This is also cotton and cattle country. The clearance of the minefields will allow communities to put land back into productive use and will prevent the loss of livestock. In Zimbabwe’s rural communities wealth is very often held in cattle and thus the loss of a single beast equates to the loss of a significant portion of family capital.