Water resources policy and administrative management

The expansion of Save Catchment protection project is being implemented by Gudyanga community. The group received assistance under SGP to the tune of US$29322.93 in 1998. However, some of the activities were not fully completed and this supplementary grant seeks to cover these gaps and ensure that the project is fully completed. During the first phase of the project the group managed to complete the following activities: 1) Bring awareness to the communty on protecting Save River catchment 2) Control erosion and siltation of the Save by planting mutsaa and fruit trees 3) Rehabilitation of the degraded areas through gulley reclamation 4) Soil and water conservation through sustainable farming practices protecting baobab tree through enforcement of local by-laws by the local leadership. The major problem encountered was that the water is not adequate to cover all the activities because of the poor water lifting mechanism. The level of production in the garden has been adversely affected and reduced. To this end, the supplementary grant seeks to assist in getting the motor and engine for lifting the water, continued awareness raising and the implementation of an energy programme to reduce the rate of tree cutting.

Zimbabwe