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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