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Christian Council of Mozambique: Arms Into Ploughshares Project

The 'Transforming Arms Into Ploughshares' (TAE) project was initiated by the Christian Council of Mozambique (CCM), and is currently under their supervision. The fundamental aim of the project is to establish a culture of peace in the country and to strengthen democracy and civil society by encouraging the population to participate in active peacekeeping activities, by promoting reconciliation and by facilitating the initiation of productive activities for the population.

The project is very well received and supported by the population in the areas in which it operates, and this is evident in the number of war-related materials destroyed by the project. Since 1995 the TAE project has collected more than 72 204 different types of war material, which includes explosives, small arms and light weapons, magazines and ammunition.

The TAE project started in Southern Mozambique and is now active in the Central Province. It has started to develop infrastructures in the Northern Province as well. Areas currently covered are Inhambane, Mavandza, Ponta de Ouro, Magude, Massinga and Moamba. The project is in urgent need of vehicles to move to identified areas for information and collection of firearms for destruction. Firearms are destroyed by different methods; some are destroyed in controlled explosions by the military or by the Rachel operatives, and others are destroyed by turning them into sculptures.

CCM Weapons Collection Report for 1995 to March 2003


Firearms


AKM
PISTOL
MG
PPX
BAZOOKA
MORTARS/60- 82/STAR
MACHINE GUNS PK MACHINE GUNS PIECES
MAUSERS
G3
SEMI-AUTOMATICS GRANADE LAUNCHERS RIFLES
FBP
M 20
ZG 1

SUB-TOTAL

South Zone Maputo,
Gaza Inhambane


2 597
480
27
533
104
115
35
32
86
110
225
50
287
109
32
3

4 825

Zambezia


1 585
241
14
6
15
1
42
0
197
72
34
0
230
0
0
2

2 439
National Total


4 182
721
41
539
119
116
77
32
283
182
259
50
517
109
32
5

7 264


Explosives




GRENADE PINS
GRENADES
BAZOOKA ROQUETES
ROQUETES SG - 9
MORTAR MINES
ANTIGROUP MINES
ANTIPERSONAL MINES
ANTIVEHICLE MINES
VARIOUS OTHER MINES
TRIGGERS FOR MORTARS
TRIGGERS FOR OTHER EXP.
TOOLS FOR MINE REMOVAL
BAZOOKA EXPLOSIVES
PROJECTILES
GENERAL EXPLOSIVES
CANON PROJECTILES
PROJECTILES B 11

SUB-TOTAL

South Zone Maputo,
Gaza Inhambane


76
181
498
459
649
30
80
5
169
170
339
7
6
5
119
94
2

2 889
Zambezia




11
6
353
242
404
8
56
5
0
0
109
0
0
15
0
10
0

1 219
National Total




87
187
851
701
1 053
38
136
10
169
170
448
7
6
20
119
104
2

4 108



Ammunition
South Zone Maputo,
Gaza
Inhamban
Zambezian
National Total
AMMUNITION
SUB-TOTAL

ACCESSORIES


BULLET CLIPS FOR AUTOM.
BULLET CLIPS
MACHINE GUN HOLDERS
PISTOL CLIPS
SUB-TOTAL

ENGINEERING MATERIAL


BINOCULARS
RADIO TRANSMITTER
SUB-TOTAL

OTHERS

BAYONETTES
SUB-TOTAL

GRAND TOTAL
149 247
149 247




1 092
33
49
3
1 177




3
20
23

115
115


158 276
106 401
106 401



8
0
0
0
8



1
0
1

2
2

110 07
255 648
255 648



1 100
33
49
3
1 185



4
20
24

117
117

268 346

 



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