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Expeditions in support of HALO Trust

Svalbard Expedition - Skiing for Landmine Awareness

Dave Leaning successfully led a team attempting an unsupported ski crossing of the Arctic Island of Svalbard. Read about the expedition on www.coldshores.co.uk.

Cape Town Expedition - Miles for Mines

Three Oxford undergraduates, Toby Hodgson, Carl King and Quentin Macfarlane, drove from London to Cape Town during the summer collecting donations in support of HALO Mozambique. They reached Maputo at the end of June and camped at HALO’s compound. Visit their website at www.quest2capetown.com.

News & press releases

The HALO Trust and the Government of Zimbabwe sign a Memorandum of Understanding

MINES STILL POSE A RISK TO EVERYDAY LIFE IN ZIMBABWE. A MINE PICKET CAN BE SEEN RINGED IN RED.

HALO AN OFFICIAL CHARITY PARTNER FOR US MARATHONS

Women in the front line

FEMALE DEMINER IN SRI LANKA

A Visit to a Demining Site in Sri Lanka

HALO FEMALE DEMINERS DURING A BREAK.THEY GET 10 MINUTE BREAK AFTER EVERY 30 MINUTES OF WORK AND WORK NINE SHIFTS PER DAY

The HALO Trust Clears Minefield in Tusheti Protected Areas, Georgia

A DEMINER CLEARING CLOSE TO OMALO'S KESELO FORTRESS

The Colombian President meets HALO Trust

HALO'S COLOMBIAN SURVEY TEAM VISIT A REMOTE DWELLING

ABKHAZIA ACHIEVES MINE FREE STATUS – 3 November 2011

HALO'S PROGRAMME MANAGER PRESENTING ABKHAZIA MINE FREE

Visit of Lord Boateng to HALO in Somaliland

LORD BOATENG RECEIVING A BRIEF ABOUT THE MINEFIELD AT ABAARSO FROM HALO’S OPERATIONAL STAFF.

HALO Sri Lanka now employs over 1,000 national staff

HALO DEMINERS ON MORNING PARADE IN KILINOCHCHI

HALO Trust’s Sri Lankan deminers clear 100,000th mine

HALO DEMINER CONDUCTING MINECLEARANCE IN NORTHERN SRI LANKA.

Sri Lanka - One year on, small businesses and public services flourish on ground cleared by HALO in Skandapuram village

PRESS RELEASE - VISIT OF ANGELINA JOLIE ON SUNDAY 21 AUGUST 2011

ANGELINA JOLIE AND HALO DIRECTOR GUY WILLOUGHBY BRIEFING AT HALO'S GLOBAL HQ IN SCOTLAND

HALO assessment mission to Ivory Coast

AIRCRAFT BOMBS IN YAMOUSSOUKRO

Somaliland Police Armory Rehabilitation Project

SPECIAL POLICE UNIT (SPU) ARMORY AFTER HALO REHABILITATION

2011 Mine Action Day in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

POSTERS HIGHLIGHTING MINE ACTION DAY AS CHILDREN ARRIVE AT SCHOOL, JAFFNA HINDU COLLEGE

International Mine Awareness Day in Somaliland

HALO ADMINISTRATOR SPEAKING DURING MINE AWARENESS DAY IN HARGEISA

New photographs from Sri Lanka of IDPs returning their cleared land in the Vanni

RETURNED IDP TO THE VANNI WITH HER MOTHER AND FATHER

The Times: "Toll from mines will rise"

PRINCESS DIANA VISITING HALO TRUST ANGOLA IN 1997

Sunday Mail article about HALO Trust

British Embassy, Yerevan, holds event for HALO

TWO FARMERS CULTIVATING LAND WHICH WAS CLEARED OF LANDMINES BY DFID-FUNDED CLEARANCE TEAMS IN NAGORNO KARABAKH IN 2010

HALO clears historic site in Georgia

AN ARMOURED EXCAVATOR REMOVES CONTAMINATED SOIL FROM MTSKHETA MINEFIELD, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE MAIN TBILISI – BLACK SEA HIGHWAY.

HALO employs over 8,000 staff

WITH OVER 3,700 STAFF, HALO'S PROGRAM IN AFGHANISTAN IS THE LARGEST DEMINING OPERATION IN THE WORLD.

Prince Harry visits HALO Mozambique

PRINCE HARRY CHATTING TO HALO DEMINERS DURING THEIR WORK BREAK

Mrs Cindy McCain visits HALO Somaliland

NATHANIEL WILLIAMS AND CINDY MCCAIN STOP FOR A PHOTO JUST BEFORE VISITING SALAXEY MINEFIELD

Angola Disarmament Second Anniversary

THE RALLY WAS LED BY THE INTERIOR MINISTER AND WAS SUPPORTED BY MORE THAN 2,000 ANGOLAN CITIZENS

DFID field report on HALO female deminers in Sri Lanka

The HALO Trust completes cluster munition clearance in Georgia

US AMBASSADOR JOHN BASS BEING INTERVIEWED BY THE GEORGIAN MEDIA FOLLOWING THE HANDOVER OF CLEARED AREA IN MEGVREKISI VILLAGE, SHIDA KARTLI, GEORGIA

The HALO Trust is invited to Colombia and receives legal registration

Chief Executive Guy Willoughby wins the Burns International Humanitarian Award

HALO Emergency Response in Georgia

HALO CLEARANCE TEAMS CONDUCT SYSTEMATIC SURFACE CLEARANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF SHINDISI WHERE CLUSTER MUNITIONS, AS PICTURED ABOVE (M095), POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO CURRENT INHABITANTS AND RETURNEES

HALO utilises dual-sensor detector

HALO Cambodia Clearance Milestone

CMVIS MINE ACCIDENT MAP 05-2010

All women demining section formed in Somaliland

HALO Trust Board Member Mrs Cindy McCain visits Kosovo

MRS MCCAIN MEETS WITH SCHOOLCHILDREN NEAR JUNIC.THE PLAYGROUND OF THE SCHOOL REQUIRES FURTHER CLEARANCE TO REMOVE THE THREAT OF UNEXPLODED NATO CLUSTER MUNITIONS

HALO completes work in Northern Mozambique

EACH WHITE STICK INDICATES WHERE HALO LOCATED A LANDMINE

Fundraising Achievement - The HALO South Pole Expedition