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Charity to expand work to clear explosives in Gaza amid ‘immense’ devastation

The Halo Trust said vast areas are ‘contaminated’ with unexploded bombs, missiles, shells and improvised devices.

Evening Standard

Scottish charities to clear landmines to help frankincense tree project in Somalia

Two Scottish charities are teaming up to help precious frankincense trees in war-torn Somalia by clearing landmines which stand in the way of the…

The National (Scotland)

Prince Harry is in Angola to raise awareness for land mine clearing, repeating Diana's 1997 trip

Prince Harry is visiting the African nation of Angola with a land mine clearing charity, repeating a famous trip his mother made in 1997

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Demining Ukraine: From Drones To Risking It With A Rake

There were so many mines on Larisa Sysenko's small farm in Kamyanka in eastern Ukraine after the Russians were pushed out that she and her husband Viktor started demining it themselves -- with rakes.

International Business Times

40-year-old spy satellite photos are helping find forgotten land mines in Cambodia

Long-forgotten mine fields in Cambodia are being revealed in decades-old, recently declassified images from U.S. military satellites.

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‘That’s one I laid’ – How ex-Taliban are helping IED clear-up in Afghanistan

Following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the Halo Trust is gathering information on dangerous explosives littering the country.

Evening Standard

Expert warns of ‘massive’ risk from unexploded ordnance in Syria

The Halo Trust has seen a tenfold increase in emergency calls from Syrians worried about explosives.

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Prince Harry Says Keeping Princess Diana's "Legacy Alive" Is Something He Takes “Incredibly Seriously” as He Honors a Charity Close to Her Heart

The Duke of Sussex said his late mother "would have been horrified" that landmines still exist in the world.

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Thornhill-based charity's landmine clearance operation visited by Foreign Secretary

James Cleverly was able to see for himself the lifesaving work by trained Ukrainian women and men working for HALO

Daily Record

Demining charity urges UK to get behind its efforts to ‘decontaminate’ Ukraine

The Halo Trust is undertaking a training programme to expand its staff in the country to around 1,200 this summer.

The Independent UK

Halo Trust to double staff in Ukraine as it faces ‘epochal’ mine clearance

The world’s largest demining charity said landmines are being used by Russia on an ‘extraordinary scale’.

The Independent UK

Thornhill landmine clearing charity receives Scottish Government backing for Ukraine work

The Halo Trust has been handed £300,000 towards its operations to remove explosives left behind by Russia's invasion

Daily Record

Inside the painstaking search for five million decaying bombs in Cambodia

On a steep and slippery hillside beside a quiet village in Battambang province in north-west Cambodia, a small team is hard at work clearing land mines from conflicts decades ago.

ABC News

Dumfriesshire MP witnesses tragedy and horror of war-torn Ukraine

David Mundell was given the insight as a guest of the Thornhill-based charity HALO Trust

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Scottish charity awarded £300,000 to help clear landmines in Ukraine

A SCOTTISH charity has been assigned to clear landmines and other debris of war in Ukraine.

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Managing the minefield of unexploded weapons

From Ukraine to the Pacific, mines and failed shells from wars past and present are a serious threat – and one aid worker says NZ can act as a 'force multiplier' for change.

Daily Record

Praise for Thornhill-based charity helping remove landmines from Ukraine

The UK's Ambassador to Ukraine, Melinda Simmons, observed the team from The HALO Trust in action

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Mine clearance charity marks six months of Ukraine war with special visit

The British ambassador to Ukraine visited an area near Kyiv where the charity the Halo Trust is working to remove landmines.

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The Independent UK

Harry meets Rwandan president on wildlife conservation trip

Harry visited as part of his work as president of African Parks.

Daily Record

Women leading Thornhill-based Halo Trust's Ukraine demining task force gives insight into difficult task

Mairi Cunningham says nothing could have prepared her for life in Ukraine despite working in some of the world's most hazardous trouble spots

Daily Record

Dumfries man returns home from lifesaving work in Ukraine

Kieran McCulloch works for the Halo Trust, whose experts clear minefields and explosive ordnance in areas of conflict

Daily Record

Scots goalkeeper clearing mines in war-torn Ukraine says junior football is 'more stressful'

Kieran McCulloch missed the end of last season with West of Scotland League side Threave Rovers because his day job as a logistics and procurement officer took him to the Kyiv area.

The Independent UK

Scottish goalkeeper swaps saving shots on the pitch for lives in Ukraine

Kieran McCulloch works for the Halo Trust, a leading humanitarian landmine clearance charity.

Daily Record

Brave Scot clearing landmines in Ukraine tells of near miss amid Russian airstrike

Mairi Cunningham, from Broughty Ferry, is leading the HALO Trust’s demining task force but admits nothing could have prepared her for the reality.

The Independent UK

In Ukraine, mines take lives even after fighting moves on

Russia’s war in Ukraine is spreading a deadly litter of mines, bombs and other explosives that is disrupting planting and harvesting, complicating efforts to rebuild homes and villages, and leaving behind a legacy that will endanger civilian lives and limbs long after the fighting stops

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