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Millions of mines and unexploded grenades are scattered across Afghanistan. Here's why locals risk...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSalim Pandikhell is a scrap collector, which is dangerous work in Afghanistan.Zaki Yousofzai/Insider...
Halo Trust to double staff in Ukraine as it faces ‘epochal’ mine clearance
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoThe world’s largest demining charity, the Halo Trust, is doubling its staff in Ukraine this year as...
Mines, unexploded ordnance a daily menace for Afghanistan's children
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe black mushroom cloud had barely faded in Ghazni province before kids clustered around the edge...
Meet the people pulling out landmines so Ukrainians can go home
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years ago"People will be able to return to their houses, to their cities, and they will be able to walk...
Why Princess Diana's Fight Against Landmines Was So Remarkable
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAhead of the anniversary of Princess Diana's death on August 31, we're resurfacing this story from...
This Nonprofit Plans to Turn Ukraine's Minefields Back Into Vineyards
Food & Wine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRoots of Peace wants to give winemakers their land back. Olga Gavrilova / Getty Images In 1997, the...
Twenty-five years after Princess Diana went to Angola, the landmine threat is ever present
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThink of Angola, and many – like me – may picture Princess Diana’s famous walk across a minefield in...
Roots of Peace founder wins World Food Prize for reviving farms in former minefields
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHeidi Kühn of California, founder of the nonprofit humanitarian group Roots of Peace, has won the...
Demining charity urges UK to get behind its efforts to ‘decontaminate’ Ukraine
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoThe world’s largest demining charity, the Halo Trust, has urged the UK to get behind its efforts...
Mine clearance charity marks six months of Ukraine war with special visit
Press Association News via AOL· 2 years agoA Scottish mine clearance charity marked six months since the start of the war in Ukraine as the...