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Children walk to school between minefields in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. Dense belts of landmines were laid by the Rhodesian army along the country’s borders with Mozambique and Zambia during the Liberation War in the 1970s. Over 45 years on from independence, these unfenced minefields have killed or injured over 1,500 people and more than 100,000 cattle. The human cost is huge, but loss of cattle threatens livelihoods too. Children like Wellington from Katiza village have to make a two-hour detour to school every day to avoid crossing the minefield and his mother, Angela, constantly fears for his safety.

"I feel worried all the time because of the landmines, especially if my husband and I have to go to another village and leave the kids at home."
Angela, Katiza village, Zimbabwe

Our Work

Clearing landmines & explosives

Victim Assistance

Teaching people how to stay safe

HALO’s work clearing landmines in Zimbabwe is focused in the north east of the country, where we employ several hundred local men and women. From 2013 to 2025, we have destroyed over 220,000 landmines. Staggeringly, that’s nearly four landmines for every person in that part of the country. In some of the densest sections of minefield, there are 5,500 mines per linear kilometre.

The minefields were laid with several types of mine including a particularly sensitive type of minimum-metal South African mine called an R2M2. They are hard to detect and remains very viable almost 50 years after they were laid.

In November 2021, HALO became the first operator to hand over an entire district as landmine-free, when the Government declared Mount Darwin, four hours north of Harare in Mashonaland Central Province, completely free of mines.

In addition to clearing landmines, we work with Cassim’s Prosthetics to support amputees. Many have very old prosthetics, if they are lucky enough to have one at all. We also work with Happy Readers to provide children with mine risk education books and help them understand the dangers.

OUR IMPACT

"I’m so happy now. We were always worried about the children and livestock. Now the landmines have been cleared we are no longer afraid—and our farming land has grown!"
Miriam, Katiza village, Zimbabwe

Miriam and her children live on the opposite side of Katiza village from Wellington, where we have already destroyed the landmines. The family has been able to use the safe land to increase their farming, earning them an extra $200 a year.

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TRANSFORMING LIVES IN ZIMBABWE

Thanks to the support of the Government of the United States
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OUR WORK IN ZIMBABWE IS FUNDED BY:

World Without Mines
World Without Mines
Oak Foundation
Oak Foundation
The UK Government
The UK Government
The United States Government
The United States Government
Irish Aid
Irish Aid
The Government of Japan
The Government of Japan

Meet Our Team in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Programme Manager
Oliver was appointed as Zimbabwe Programme Manager in 2024. He initially passed his operations training in Cambodia and IMAS EOD Level 3 in Nagorno Karabakh. He then worked in Georgia and in Ukraine, where he helped develop clearance procedures in this challenging environment. He was seconded to Sri Lanka to manage HALO’s work in the north before returning to Nagorno Karabakh in 2019 to establish and manage the ongoing national survey project. As Operations Manager, he is responsible for all operations on the programme. Outside HALO, Oliver will often be found on skis, up a mountain or both.

Oliver Gerard-Pearse

Programme Officer
Noku joined HALO in August 2020. Prior to joining HALO, she worked for a Child Rights Organisation as a Child Protection Officer. Noku holds a BA in Social Work from the University of Cape Town.

Nokutenda Masiyanise

HR/Office Manager
Margaret is HALO’s Office Manager, responsible for overseeing all administrative and HR functions of the Zimbabwe programme. Prior to joining HALO in 2015, Margaret worked for 20 years in the public sector and also spent several years working for other NGOs and in the private sector. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Zimbabwe Open University.

Margaret Banda

Demining Manager
July began his career in demining in 1995, starting out as a deminer in Mozambique. Since then he has worked in Angola, Somaliland, Lebanon and Afghanistan for various demining companies before returning to Zimbabwe. His career with HALO began in 2012 where July was hired to be HALO’s Training Supervisor due to his wealth of experience in demining. Since then July has become HALO’s Demining Manager and is our most senior Zimbabwean field based member of staff, managing four locations and over 400 staff. July also had a career as a teacher In Namibia during a brief hiatus from demining in 2010, teaching children English, geography and commerce.

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