Remove landmines from a village in Cambodia

During this season of gratitude, we want to start by thanking all of you who helped support our project in Cambodia. 

Because of you, HALO has been able to clear over 87 acres of land, to find and destroy over 2,700 mines, ammunition, and unexploded ordnance, and to conduct mine-risk education classes to nearly 6,900 people in Cambodia this year.

Champei, a cassava farmer, is one beneficiary of our mine clearance. She told us, “My field was full of mines, I grew cassava in it before HALO came to clear the mines and when I harvested my cassava I saw the mines. I was very scared. I didn’t know if I was going to have an accident. I didn’t know if I would die or my children, husband or anyone else. After the mines were cleared, I was so excited to walk on my field without fear. Now I feel safe.”

We hope you share our pride in seeing how your gifts help people like Champei, and how your critical investments have been leveraged to help rid Cambodia of landmines and unexploded ammunition. We could not have made all of this incredible progress without you!

Thank you for your support in 2017.

We wish you and your loved ones a Happy Holiday and New Year.

Landmines use to be a constant danger for the villagers of Banteay Ti Muoy.

Thanks to our generous donors, HALO has now cleared over 2,000 landmines in the village and 265 items of UXO have been found and destroyed.

This clearance has directly benefitted a total of 109 families (523 people) who live on, own or farm this land and indirectly benefited 429 families (3,478 people) who live in the village. 

Families, like the Chan's (pictured), can farm their land and let their children play safely thanks to this clearance. We found that family income rose by an average of $2,541 per year from crops grown on the cleared land. 

Thanks for being a part of this transformation. 

PS We wish our friends, Loung Ung and Angelina Jolie, all the best as their film First They Killed My Father launches globally this week on Netflix. Our staff was honored to attend the Cambodian premiere in February (pictured).