The HALO Trust

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School posters in Karabakh educating children on mines and UXO

The stone installed by HALO Trust after checking the territory for mines, Ochamchira district, Abkhazia

The HALO Trust is a registered British charity and American non-profit organization whose purpose is to remove the debris left behind by war, in particular, landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) that might present a danger to local civilians. HALO is an acronym of Hazardous Area Life-Support Organisation.

HALO operates in nine countries and has over 7,000 mine-clearers. HALO's largest operation is in Afghanistan where the organization operates as an implementing partner of the United Nations Afghanistan's New Beginnings Program (UNANBP).

The organization was founded by Colin Campbell Mitchell, a British member of Parliament and former Colonel in the British Army.

HALO Trust has removed 30,000 mines along with bombs and ammunition in Angola since 1994, during the last years of the civil war.^[1]

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• Official website

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