adminmoved out to make way for white settlers had been in a dilapidated state. This was forcing villagers to travel between four and five kilometers to the nearest dip tank in Chirashauta Village.
Addressing journalists on a tour of projects being spearheaded by the United Nations’ different aid organisations recently, the secretary of the project, Mr Jacob Chirindo, said the villagers were going to benefit from the project.
He said the project would see them saving their cattle from tick-borne diseases.
“Tick-borne diseases have been wrecking havoc in this community as many farmers were finding it difficult to travel to the Chirashauta dip tank.
“The project, that we hope to complete within the next month will also allow us to save animals for draught power the majority of which have been decimated by tick-borne diseases,” said Mr Chirindo.
He said only 188 households were involved in the rehabilitation project although on completion the dip tank would serve the entire community. The villagers received treated gum poles, cement and tying wire from Runde Project, which had raised concern over the prospects of more soil erosion being caused by the movement of cattle every week from Zingoni Village to Chirashauta.
Upon completion, the dip tank will serve more than 750 cattle from the 17 villages whose people are currently involved in the rehabilitation project. The United Nations provided the villagers with food through their World Food Programme unit to cut on the time people were spending searching for food instead of working on the dam.
Many households are facing serious food shortages after a series of poor seasons due to droughts.
The local dip attendant, Ms Pauline Muzinda, said the dip would allow the villagers to turn cattle farming into lucrative ventures, as they would be able to raise them for beef, draught power, marketing and other important socio-economic purposes.
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