The HALO Trust USA

Landmines were a constant threat when Ly Sreyneang was growing up in Cambodia, with her childhood home built on contaminated land. Her proudest moment after joining HALO was discovering and destroying her first antipersonnel mine in her own backyard! Nearly half of HALO Cambodia’s deminers are powerful women like Ly Sreyneang, who are making their own communities safer.

On #InternationalWomensDay, we’re celebrating the women of HALO who are saving lives and protecting communities from the deadly threat of landmines and explosives. Meet some of the brilliant women who are making the world a safer place around the world. #IWD2025 ??

In #Angola, #HALOTrust staff delivered lifesaving Explosive Ordnance Risk Education to the people of Lusserei village, in Cuito Cuanavale. Training communities to stay safe is an essential part of our work, so that at-risk communities can avoid being hurt or killed by landmines and other explosives.

Join the Rotary Club of Parkdale-High Park-Humber for a Special Event Supporting The HALO Trust. When: Saturday, March 22, 2025, from 2:00 – 4:00 PM Where: Community Hub, Roncesvalles United Church, 240 Roncesvalles Ave, Toronto, Canada The Event will feature Speakers from: The Consul General of Ukraine, Canadian Landmine Foundation, Rotary Club of Parkdale-High Park-Humber, and a special message from The HALO Trust.

In #Syria, citizens are finally returning home after spending years as refugees. Upon returning to their villages and homes, many Syrians are being injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance. Read the piece by Metro UK News about the silent killers that are claiming the lives of innocent Syrians. ?? https://bit.ly/43ffac1

Working as a Sub-unit Commander, Rita Vambe leads her team in #Angola to make the land in Cuito Cuanavale safer for local communities. She’s grateful to help keep people in her country safe. ???? “I joined HALO to help rid my country of landmines,” says Rita.

Three years of war have left Ukraine strewn with landmines and other unexploded ordnance. HALO #Ukraine is utilizing cutting-edge technology to make land safe, so innocent civilians can return home. ???? ?? Watch how we are tackling the challenge head-on.

?? Farming Through War: Ukrainian Agriculture Three Years Later ???? Russia’s war in Ukraine has devastated the country’s agricultural sector—endangering farmers, destroying infrastructure, and disrupting global food supplies. But Ukraine remains resilient. In a powerful new video, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Global Food and Water Security Program examines how these disruptions serve Russia’s economic and geopolitical goals—and what can be done to support Ukraine’s recovery. ?? Watch now: https://lnkd.in/ewmbR7qt

The people of #Ukraine are grateful for the unwavering, lifesaving support our partners have provided throughout three years of war. ???? By supporting landmine clearance and investing in innovative technology, we are making land safer so farmers and families can one day return home.

“Using the AWS cloud,?we’re able to analyze previously unimaginable volumes of data securely, which makes it possible to identify mined areas in hours rather than days,” says Matthew Abercrombie, Head of Research and Development at #TheHALOTrust.?? ? Thanks to Amazon Web Services (AWS), we’ve begun trialing using AI to analyze thousands of drone images, which we hope will transform tasks that would take days to do manually into just a matter of hours. We are grateful to be working with AWS to locate and destroy landmines faster using technology. ? Watch Matt’s video to learn more about the #AWSPioneers Project.