201 - 500 Employees
Founded in 1988
Non-profit Organization
About
We've run programmes in all corners of the globe, from Laos to Libya, Colombia to Cote d'Ivoire. HALO is known for being the first on the ground, during and after conflict. We work quickly to assess dangerous areas and carry out emergency clearance. This helps to prevent injuries and opens up vital aid access. Clearing landmines is painstaking work. It can take decades to make whole areas safe so ordinary life can resume. We began clearing explosives in Mozambique in 1993, but the country was not declared mine-free until 2015. In Angola, our clearance work started in 1994, but there's still a long way to go