HALO Trust
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| Founded | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Thornhill |
| United Kingdom | |
| Number of employees | 8,500 |
| Founders | Guy Willoughby |
| Colin Mitchell | |
| Sue Mitchell | |
| Type of business | Non-profit organisation |
| Ceo | James Cowan |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2013990 |
About HALO Trust
The HALO Trust is a humanitarian non-government organisation which primarily works to clear landmines and other explosive devices left behind by conflicts. With over 10,000 staff worldwide, HALO has operations in 28 countries.
Tobias Ellwood: Afghan women slate UK MP's video praising 'country transformed'
... Mr Ellwood, the chairman of Parliament s defence select committee, visited Afghanistan with the Halo Trust, a de-mining organisation...
Angola landmines: The women hunting for explosives left from civil war
... Women already make up almost 40% of Mag s mine-clearing personnel in Angola and there are more than 100 women working in this area for the Halo Trust, another demining organisation operating in the country...
Afghanistan earthquake: Survivors count horrific cost
... The Halo Trust charity works clearing landmines, but has established mobile health clinics...
The Duke of Sussex: The party Prince, to carved his own way
... He continued his mother s work to help children affected by HIV and Aids and support of the Halo Trust s work in the clearance of land mines...
UK Zimbabwe landmine fund after Prince Harry tour
... The government said it would use public donations to the Halo Trust-Zimbabwe appeal...
Harry walks through Angola minefield 22 years after Diana
... Retracing his mother s footsteps in central Angola, Prince Harry is being escorted by the British landmine clearance charity the Halo Trust, which also accompanied Diana on her visit...
UK Zimbabwe landmine fund after Prince Harry tour
great Britain to give Zimbabwe up to £2 million, removal of land mines, which, according to The Duke of Sussex, behind The Cause of his recent tour of Africa.
The government said it would use public donations to the Halo Trust -Zimbabwe appeal.
Prince Harry has followed his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, by wearing armor, and a protective visor during a visit to a minefield in Angola.
Zimbabwe appeal is to help 3,000 people gain access to safe land.
Prince Harry 's visit was part of a tour of Southern Africa with his wife, Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex, stressed the ongoing threat of the country ammunition.
Diana's visit to Angola in 1997, provided an iconic image of the combative PrincessLast month, he visited the same place in Angola, like his mother Diana, whose travel focus in 1997, helped, calls on world leaders to ban the weapons.
"land mines are an unhealed scars of The War . By clearing land of mines, we can help this community to find peace and with peace will come the opportunity," he said.
The Duke of Sussex's sitting under the Diana tree in Huambo, AngolaInternational development Secretary Alok Sharma , said: "landmines are mutilated indiscriminate weapons of war, the verse, and kill innocent men, women and children.
"your destruction, which lasts Long After the conflict ends. "
the Halo Trust is pursuing the goal of clear 105,600 square meters of land in Zimbabwe in a year, The Charity said, will help More Than 3,000 people gain access to safe land that is important for the production of food and the creation of jobs.
around 1 600 lost their lives due to land mines, which ended The War in the region in the 1980s, the government said.
James Cowan, the Halo, added: "We are going to fields to clear twice as many mine and help twice as many people, thanks to this new support. "
demining, uk royal family, prince harry, duke of sussex, angola, alok sharma, zimbabwe
Source of news: bbc.com
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