26 The garden project was estimated, in 2000-2001, to contribute a further Z$49,750, with an average of Z$4,950 per garden being estimated. Thus the combined income from all groups and all projects can be assumed to be in the order of Z$1,125,566.00 for the season ended 2001. Although this figure may look paltry in the context of the prices and inflation of 2005, this was an enormous sum for this impoverished community. In 2000, it was estimated that the project was benefiting about 6,000 people, directly and indirectly, and, in 2001, this was revised upwards to a figure of some 20,000 people. So the primary groups, who are victims and their families, were having an appreciable effect on the community around them, and this clearly contributes to a sense of empowerment. Here it is relevant to refer back to the findings of the community survey, and especially the findings about the lack of self-esteem and dependency. This programme has undoubtedly offered an important additional component in the rehabilitation of torture survivors. There were of course problems. Groups experienced theft of vegetables, cotton and maize. Animals destroyed cotton and monkeys ate vegetables and tomatoes in some areas. Some planned activities had to be shelved due to factors beyond the control of the programme. Shortages of fuel affected the ability of Amani staff to reach the community, and the disturbances on adjacent commercial farms from 2000 onwards meant the loss of occasional employment. In August 2001, Amani had to close down all the operations in Mashonaland Central. The then upcoming Presidential elections meant that the area had become a “no-go” area for organizations whose programmes that were perceived to be at odds with the aims of ZanuPF. However, it is gratifying to learn that several of the groups set up have continued to function since the closing down of the programme, and a follow-up of these groups will take place as soon as the political situation allows this. That the groups have survived on their own is a testament to the strength of the original programme and to the sustainability of the intervention. 5. Conclusions: This review of the programme mounted by the Amani Trust provides considerable food for thought about the ways in which survivors of torture may be assisted in their recovery. The approach developed was explicitly an attempt to provide a holistic model for care, in which the individual, the family and the community were all included. Furthermore, the approach was conceptualised within a community mental health framework, and considerable attention given to the training of existing health workers and the embedding of the care for torture survivors within the Provincial and District health services. The results are clearly very encouraging. Novel and appropriate methods for counselling survivors and other categories of sufferers from psychological disorders were developed. It must be admitted that the evidence cannot be claimed to meet the canons of rigorous scientific evaluation, but they nonetheless are strong evidence that the approaches developed work. It is significant that the approaches developed could be used by non-mental health professionals, and clearly more attention should be given to both more detailed evaluation of the therapy approaches developed and their use by para-professionals. It is evident that considerable resources were devoted to the partnership with the Provincial and District health services, and it is submitted that this is in the very best traditions of the relationships that should pertain between State services and non-governmental organisations. The Amani Trust clearly attempted not to supplant the State health services, but, having identified gaps in those services, attempted both to fill these gaps and to also leave the State service with the capacity to fill the gaps itself. AMANI TRUST: Psycho-Social assistance to Survivors of the Liberation War. A report on Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe.