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Abdul Rafah, 24-years-old, from Herat, has been trained as a de-miner by the HALO Trust.
He's working hard outside a local corner shop in the Jebrail district of Herat City, as part of a de-mining operation which involves clearing and area close to where local children playing football on adjoining fields and women go to buy bread for the families evening meal. It’s hot, tiring work, and he clears up to three square metres of land per day. He said: “I used to work as a laborer on a building site but I find this work much more interesting”.
The Department for International Development has supported the HALO Trust, an international de-mining organisation, in a five-year project to safely remove land-mines across Afghanistan so that communities can reclaim their land.
Image: Catherine Belfield-Haines/Department for International Development
Children can now play football again, on land at the edge of Herat City in Afghanistan, after it has been cleared of landmines by British charity the HALO Trust.
The Department for International Development has supported the HALO Trust, an international de-mining organisation, in a five-year project to safely remove land-mines across Afghanistan so that communities can reclaim their land.
This means that children can play safely again on land around their homes.
Image: Catherine Belfield-Haines/Department for International Development
UKaid from the Department for International Development is supporting the clearance of land mines from agricultural land in northern Sri Lanka, following the end of the long-running conflict there in May 2009.
Working with the UK charity HALO Trust, local people are being recruited and trained as de-mining technicians, clearing much need land for the re-planting of rice-paddy.
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A mine victim poses with his family in front of his house. Mine accidents have a devastating affect on victims and their families. Victims suffer the trauma of accidents, reduced earning potential and everday difficulties resulting from their disability. And the burden of supporting them generally falls on their families, who often already live near or below the poverty line.
HALO’s survey work is overseen and monitored by the Organisation of American States (OAS), as this organisation has been appointed by the national authority –PAICMA- to quality assured mineclearance operations in Colombia.
Prince Harry and HALO Director, Guy Willoughby, walking through a cleared minefield, where white sticks indicate mines destroyed
From left - Hassan Kossar, Nathaniel Williams, Cindy McCain and Meghan Latcovich walk Geed Abeera road following clearance by HALO teams.
Access to some remote areas is difficult, but HALO’s teams always find a way to reach affected communities.
Mullah Neoka stands in his recently de-mined fields, in Herat, Afghanistan. Although the landscape looks harsh, Herat is actually a fertile area and was once described as the 'bread basket of central Asia'. Now that Neoka's fields are free from the danger of land mines, he can start to farm in them again.
The Department for International Development has supported the HALO Trust, an international de-mining organisation, in a five-year project to safely remove land-mines across Afghanistan so that communities can reclaim their land.
Image: Catherine Belfield-Haines/Department for International Development
Cement has just arrived to start rebuilding their home. HALO has cleared their land but we are still working here at Murrippu.
The 2023 Intersessional Meetings took place in Geneva 19-21 June with over 300 participants from more than 80 countries. Delegates discussed the state of mine clearance, and assistance to victims among others. Photos free of copyright for media purposes. All others must courtesy the AP Mine Ban Convention or Ottawa Convention.
Yellow stakes mark where HALO deminers have found and destroyed mines around the former Banteay Srah Vietnamese military base. Mine density alone does not prioritize a site for clearance. However, high-density minefields such as this one are a top priority when located close to villages or livelihood activities because people crossing the minefield face a far greater risk of initiating a mine than on low-density sites.
The Department for International Development has supported the HALO Trust, an international de-mining organisation, in a five-year project to safely remove land-mines across Afghanistan so that communities can reclaim their land.
Image: Catherine Belfield-Haines/Department for International Development
A mine victim prepares to make charcoal next to HALO's ongoing clearance in Banteay Ti Muoy village. Mine victims must often continue their lives and make ends meet whilst living next to the minefields that disabled them.
In the west of Herat province in western Afghanistan, just a few miles from the border with Iran, what looks like a desert is being transformed into fertile, arable fields. A brand new tractor appears to be busily at work, ploughing a vast tract of land.
But as you get closer, you realise that this is no ordinary tractor; it's armoured, and it's not ploughing. It's actually digging up landmines.
The Department for International Development has supported the HALO Trust, an international de-mining organisation, in a five-year project to safely remove land-mines across Afghanistan so that communities can reclaim their land.
Image: Catherine Belfield-Haines/Department for International Development
Two IDP children eating lunch of coconut in their new home at Maniyankulam where HALO cleared the ground recently.
Cindy McCain and Nathaniel Williams observe the Training Officer, Madar, instruct a new recruit at a HALO training site.
Community liaison plays a key role in HALO’s work as it establishes a relationship with communities based in trust and transparency.
A father and daughter, both mine survivors, sit outside their house in Maharsrob village. They are two of 25 victims in Maharsrob. A study commissioned by HALO found that the residents of the village knew that the location of the surrounding minefields but, as is often the case in Cambodia, depended on the land for foraging.
The High-Level segment of the Maputo Review Conference on a Mine-Free World took place during the last two days of the Conference.
Several States addressed the conference during the high-level segment, while other delegations signed or witnessed the signing of the Maputo +15 Declaration.
Guy Willoughby of the HALO Trust, signed the declaration on behalf of his delegation.
For more information:
www.maputoreviewconference.org/
All photos are courtesy of the Implementation Support Unit, ISU.
Mohammed operates the HALO de-mining tractor in western Herat, carefully lifting out the mines which have the potential to have such a devastating impact on the local community.
High levels of concentration are needed to operate this machine. Drivers only work for two hour shifts, to remain fresh and vigilant to the high risk job they do.
Despite the risks, Mohammad enjoys his job which is making a real impact for the people of A Islam Qala. “I worked as a private driver over four years ago, but I enjoy this work much more”, he says.
The Department for International Development has supported the HALO Trust, an international de-mining organisation, in a five-year project to safely remove land-mines across Afghanistan so that communities can reclaim their land.
Image: Catherine Belfield-Haines/Department for International Development
Cindy McCain, Nathaniel Williams and Idil observe a HALO trained National Demining Agency (NDA) deminer at Abudla minefield.
One of HALO's Afghan de-mining technicians inspects one of the mines that a specialised, armoured de-mining tractor has ploughed up.
The Department for International Development has supported the HALO Trust, an international de-mining organisation, in a five-year project to safely remove land-mines across Afghanistan so that communities can reclaim their land.
Image: Catherine Belfield-Haines/Department for International Development
Formation des forces armées centrafricaines (FACA) et gendarmes sur la destruction des armes avec la cisaille hydraulique. Un programme de UNMAS en partenariat avec l’ONG britannique HaloTrust. Bangui Mars 2014. Photo BINUCA/Balepe Mokosso Dany
A deminer clears towards a house in Andong Thma village in Pailin Province. After years of high-impact, successful clearance communities in Cambodia continue to live in close proximity to mines, particularly as a result of internal migration from central Cambodia into newly-established villages in the mine-contaminated northwest of the country.
An EOD technician rakes burnt cartridges from an incinerator. HALO developed the incinerator as an efficient means of disposing of large quantities of small arms ammunition.
An EOD teams poses with a cache of mortars found with a large loop detector during a callout. HALO's EOD teams liaise with communities and respond to hundreds of requests. Callouts range in size from single items to large caches.
Casava cultivation abuts HALO's ongoing mineclearance at a typical work site in Pailin Province. Land pressure and dependence on agriculture encourage farmers to cultivate up to the edges of known minefields, and farmers regularly have accidents after pushing too far forward. HALO's clearance of agricultural land improves the safety of farming communities and returns greatly-needed agricultural land to cultivation.
Preah Vihear is a Cambodian national treasure and a UNESCO world heritage site. HALO re-opened access to the site ending decades of isolation. HALO's teams cleared 3,262 mines from the temple grounds, the adjacent market and the access road.
Preah Vihear is a Cambodian national treasure and a UNESCO world heritage site. HALO re-opened access to the site ending decades of isolation. HALO's teams cleared 3,262 mines from the temple grounds, the adjacent market and the access road.
A HALO survey officer draws a sketch map of a minefield. The sketch map is an important part of each minefield survey and provides a visual representation of the location, size and impact of the minefield.
A HALO deminer rests between work periods whilst on the job at Banteay Chas Doun Sour village. The yellow stakes in the foreground indicate where he and his teammates have found and destroyed mines. A deminer's job is hard work and requires constant concentration so regular rest breaks are a necessity.