Cuts Leave Deadly Mines In The Ground And Push Hundreds Of Women Out Of Work

De-mining organisations forced to cut staff, many of whom were women, despite landmines littering Zimbabwe-Mozambique border Ten days before schools reopen for the summer term in eastern Zimbabwe, Hellen Tibu is worried about how she will pay the fees for her sisters education. The 22-year-old landmine-disposal expert smooths the creases from her younger sisters uniform as it hangs on the washing line outside a relatives rooms in Sakubva, a densely populated township in Mutare. The shirt is faded around the collar and a new one is needed. Tibu could afford the school fees and uniform last year meant she no longer had her job clearing landmines. Now she can no longer pay her rent or look after her parents and siblings.