The HALO Trust is a non-political, non-religious registered British charity and American non-profit organization whose purpose is to remove the debris left behind by war, in particular, landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) that might present a danger to civilians. HALO is an acronym of Hazardous Area Life-Support Organisation. Founded in 1988 it was the first humanitarian demining organisation. HALO has remained faithful to its mission statement, "getting mines out of the ground - now" and has cleared more mines than any other comparable organisation.
HALO operates in nine countries and has nearly 8,000 mine-clearers. HALO's largest operation is in Afghanistan where the organization operates as an implementing partner of the United Nations Afghanistan's New Beginnings Program (UNANBP).(july 2004)
The organization was founded by Guy Willoughby andColin Campbell Mitchell, a British member of Parliament and former Colonel in the British Army.
By 2009, twenty-one years after founding HALO, they have reached some important milestones that include: over one million landmines destroyed over ten million items of larger calibre ordnance destroyed over fifty million bullets destroyed over 2,800 heavy weapon systems immobilized over 85,000 assault rifles destroyed over 6,000 minefields cleared 21,532 hectares (53,206 acres) made safe from landmines 110,576 hectares (273,239 acres) made safe from unexploded and abandoned ordnance 11,328 kilometers (7,038 miles) of roads cleared
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