High School Child Welfare

CURRICULUM VITAE

*.BIOGRAPHY

Name Vusumuzi Mabaso

Gender Male

DOB 10/11/1968

2.CONTACT DETAILS

Permanent Address 200 Murchison Road

Killarney

Bulawayo

Telephone +263 (09) 291058 Cell +263*********

Zimbabwe

Work Address 10 Derby Road

Hillside

Bulawayo

Zimbabwe

Telephone +263 (09) 240600 email ********@*****.***

3.ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

Ordinary level at Mkwabene High school from 1986 to 1989 and obtained Five Ordinary levels including English, Maths and Science

4.PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION

4:1. National Diploma in Pastoral ministry with Africa for Christ Bible college from 2021 to 2019.

4.2.Bachelor Science in Counselling with Zimbabwe Open University from 2000 to 2005

4:3. National Diploma with Ministry of Health and Child Welfare from 1990 to 1993

5.WORKING EXPERIENCE

5:1. Employed by Ukuthula Trust as a Programmes Officer from 2014 to Date

Major duties as follows

Identification and mapping of graves of people killed during 1980s political disturbances in Matabeleland and Middle land provinces.

Collection of pre mortem data on the mapped graves

Scientific excavation of graves. So far I have participated in the excavation of more than 25 graves in Zimbabwe, more than 10 in El Salvador with Equipo Argentina Anthropology Forensic team (EAAF) and seven in South Africa with the Missing Persons Task Team

To carry out laboratory analysis of human skeletons

To undergo on job training in Forensic Anthropology. I have been training as follows

One week training on fatal fire recovery and interpretation in the United States of America offered by Tripwire Operations Group in 2018. The following topics were covered:

oForensic Anthropology in General

oHistory of Forensic Anthropology

oThe Main Questions in Forensic investigations

oOutdoor Crime scene Investigations

oFatal Fire Scene Recovery Protocols

oCrime Scene mapping using a Total Station

oBone Trauma

oAnalysis and interpretation of heat altered bone

oEx Post Factor Analysis of Bone

oThermal Damage in Soft Tissue

oHow to deal with car fire

University of Pretoria since 2017 and still on going on Forensic Anthropology. The following has since been covered

oAncestry, sex, age and stature determination (Case profile) using non metric and metric methodologies

oBone Trauma: Ballistic, sharp, blunt, Cortocontundente, burnt and healing trauma

oOsteology

oOdontology

o Archaeology

One week special training on Bone Trauma by Professor Steve Symes with University of Pretoria. The following were covered

oBallistic trauma

oSharp trauma

oBurnt trauma

oBlunt trauma

oCortocontundente

oHealing trauma

Summer school with Wits University in South Africa and EAAF in 2013. The following were covered

oOsteology (human and non-human bones)

oArchaeology

oCrime scene investigations

oPractical Scientific excavations

oOdontology

oTaphonomy

oEntomology

oLegal Framework on Exhumations (UN protocols)

Training with EAAF in Argentina. Four trips, once a year and one month long trainings were done with EAAF on laboratory analysis of human remains from 2001 to 2005.

To participate in local, regional and international conferences. Two international conferences on Forensic Anthropology were attended. Both of them were in South Africa in 2009 and 2012 respectively. Two international conference on Transitional Justice, one in South Africa in 2013 and another in Uganda in 2014 were attended

5:2. Employed by Ministry of Health and Child Welfare from 1997 to 2000 as an Environmental Health Technician. May major duties were as follows:

To come up with programmes for my area of operation

To carry out communicable diseases investigations including TB and Malaria

To promote good health through health education including hygiene

To Inspect public premises for the control and prevention of diseases

Building control through approval of building plans

Water and sanitation

Writing special and periodic reports

5:3. Employed by Zimbabwe Red Cross Society as a Provincial Programmes Officer from 1993 to 1996. My major duties were as follows:

To come up with programmes for my area of operation

To provide first Aid training to communities including organisations and private entities such as mining

To alleviate poverty through provision of income generating activities to rural communities

Reuniting families scattered by wars through tracing

Disaster management including drought relief

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