Mine action in Mozambique
So far this year, our Mine Action team in Mozambique has cleared more than 183,640 square meters of land in the Gaza Province! Our HeroRATs have found 92 landmines, and 23 explosive remnants of war. Landmines pose a structural barrier to development and economic growth.
Each landmine our HeroRATs find, brings us another step closer in helping Mozambique to be a mine-impact free country by 2014. And we’ll shortly be sending an additional team of HeroRATs to help expand operations there even further!
May 26, 2010
Recent blog posts
- 2009 APOPO Annual Report
- Mine action in Mozambique
- Breeding success!
- World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa in Tanzania
- HeroRATs meet a new generation of leaders at WEF Africa
- Founder & CEO attend Skoll World Forum
- APOPO article on landmine detection published in latest edition of UNICRI’s Freedom From Fear Magazine
- BBC special: thanks for watching, blogging & tweeting!
- HeroRATs have started tweeting!
- HeroRATs & Bart Weetjens feature in The Economist
