HALO Trust
2017
HALO Mine clearance Operations, Sra'aem Village

Satellite mapping, with overlaid data
HALO Trust
Courtesy HALO Trust
 
Sra'aem is a village in the north of Cambodia, also in close proximity to the K5. HALO began clearance work in 2002 and the population has gone from 537 to over 4,000 today. The village has increased in both size and prosperity as a multitude of shops and stores has since opened up. Most people in the village are not even aware that it was once a mined area.
 
The HALO Trust is the world's largest humanitarian mine clearance organisation. We save lives and restore communities threatened by landmines and other weapons of war, such as cluster bombs, stockpiles of small arms and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Born out of a desire to help the people of Afghanistan in 1988, we now have over 7,500 staff in 19 countries and territories, working to get vulnerable communities back on their feet following conflict. Millions of families have been able to return to their homes safely thanks to this work, but there is still much to do.
 
HALO was the first organization to respond to Cambodia's landmine problem in 1991. We have over 1,000 national staff working in the provinces of Battambang, Banteay Meanchey, Otdar Meanchey, Siem Reap, Pursat and Pailin. To date, HALO alongside other international operators and the national capacity CMAC, have cleared over 50% of Cambodia's minefields. We recruit and train female and male deminers from the mine-affected districts so that the landmine contaminated communities are part of the clearance process as well as ensuring donor funding, in the form of salaries, reaches some of the most marginalised communities in Cambodia.
 
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