DanChurchAid: Mine clearance

DanChurchAid at Roskilde Festival

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:57:00 GMT

DanChurchAid played host to a number of activities at this year�s Roskilde, related to both the volunteer refund work and the humantohuman campaign focus on the DR Congo: �Fair Phone � Fair Future.� These activities were symbolic of the often-unfair mining practices that are behind the production of the many mobile phones we buy and use every day.

Video: See a deminer in Action

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:19:34 GMT

Mine clearance is thorough and meticulous work and in DR Congo highly influenced by weather and vegetation. This video shows a DanChurchAid deminer in action.

Cluster Munitions Convention: The People's Treaty - sign under now!

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:59:13 GMT

On May 30 in Dublin, cluster bomb survivors and campaigners welcomed the formal adoption of the Cluster Munitions Convention by over 100 countries. This historic treaty bans the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of all existing and future cluster bombs. To keep pressure on governments and to ensure that the treaty enters into force, campaigners have launched the People�s Treaty. Sign up now.

Linking Humanitarian Mine Action and Food Security

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:36:46 GMT

DCA's Humanitarian Mine Action programme concentrates on clearing agricultural land of mines, in order to link mine clearance with food security for the population in affected areas.

24 million DKK for Humanitarian Mine Action

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:10:30 GMT

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Danida) has granted 24 million DKK for DanChurchAid�s HMA programmes in Africa and Asia.

The future of WADS

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:08:21 GMT

Development of the mine clearance system WADS enters a new and exciting phase. During the past twelve months, the big mine clearance system WADS has been tested in very difficult areas in eastern Angola. When the system is fully developed, the WADS should be able to clear roads much faster than ever before and thus open areas for development and traffic. And the need is huge in the country stricken by civil war for decades.

Evaluation of Humanitarian Mine Action

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 08:47:37 GMT

Call for proposals. DanChurchAid is tenderings its evaluation of the Humanitarian Mine Action Portfolio.