The project has sites are in Budiriro 2 in Harare and Karoi and another one is earmarked for Chiredzi. The coordinator, Pride Mkono, said that besides providing a source of income, the project would help save the environment as fishermen would avoid invading wetlands in search of worms and buy from them.
All bio-degradable food leftovers would be collected by volunteer school children who are paid for the service. In Harare the worms find a ready market among fishermen at Lake Chivero and Darwendale Dam.
Mkono said the project was at pilot level but had already shown the potential to be a viable venture. He urged youths to look around them for what can be turned into a project and be innovative.
With Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate at over 85 percent and continuing to rise with each day, Mkono called on youth from various parts of the country to put to use material which would ordinarily look like waste. YEMPT has 300 members in Harare, 100 in Karoi and 100 in Chiredzi.
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