by Helen Stanger | 27 Aug 2016 | Landmines
In edition 113 of the SafeGround Memorandum we reported on the Shortlisting of the children’s picture book One Step at a Time in the prestigious Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards. Now three months on, One Step at a Time was named...
by Helen Stanger | 6 Aug 2016 | Blog, Landmines
UPDATE: Mine Kafon have reached their extended funding goal of €130,000! They’re now trying to raise another €60,000 to improve their detection methods to cover a wider range of mine types. To support the project and see the Mine Kafon Drone in action via the...
by SafeGround | 6 Jul 2014 | Blog, Cluster Munitions, Landmines
In a recent statement, the United States pledged to phase out anti-personnel landmines by allowing its current stockpile to dwindle and take steps to comply with the treaty banning the use of these weapons that kill around 20,000 people per year. US officials...
by SafeGround | 16 Jun 2014 | Blog, Cluster Munitions, Landmines
SafeGround strongly condemns the attack this week on the Mine Detection Centre, a non-government de-mining organisation working in Afghanistan, which has left eight de-miners dead and another three injured. The Mine Detection Centre staff were targeted by an unknown...
by SafeGround | 29 Mar 2014 | Blog, Cluster Munitions, Landmines, War
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the world’s oldest women’s peace organisation, recently released a report on Women and Explosive Weapons. The harm caused by explosive weapons is gaining increasing international attention, as up to 90%...
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