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DCA Mine Action
Challenges
From 1975 to 2002, Angola suffered through a violent and devastating civil war, which littered the country with a high amount of landmines and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW).
Fast facts
Area of Operation:
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Village Alto Campo, mine field outside Luena ,capital of Eastern Province of Moxico
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Village Chillanda Vick -2, minefield located 14 km distance from Luena
Programme staff by Programme End Date:
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4 International staff (2 men and 2 women)
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78 national staff (68 men and 10 women)
Tool box
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Manual Demining Teams
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Mine Risk Education Team
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Survey team
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Mechanical clearance machine: Mini Mine Wolf,
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Armored ground preparation vehicle (GPV): Casspir
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Armored observation machine: Rhino
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EOD Spot Task
A Landmine Impact Survey for Angola carried out in 2006 estimates that a signification portion of the Angolan population (in the millions) remains affected by the severe contamination to this day – with varying levels of socio-economic impact.
The most affected communities are located in the eastern province of Moxico, which is also DCA's area of activity.
What we do in Angola
DCA started operating in Moxico in 2004 with a commitment to addressing the needs of this highly impacted region. Because of the extreme nature of the contamination, access is prevented to rich agricultural land and infrastructure and, by extension, to proper socio-economic development of local communities.
The Moxico Province is the size of Great Britain, and yet DCA is one of only two humanitarian demining agencies currently active in the area, working on clearing 290 Suspected Hazard Areas.
Tasks are issued by the Angolan National Mine Action Coordination Centre and DCA’s activities include releasing safe land back to the community, delivering Mine Risk Education with an HIV/AIDS awareness component and building capacity – the overall aim being to enable hazard free regional growth.
DCA is also active in capacity building and prides itself on establishing efficient cooperation with relevant regional and national organisations and other development organisations, such as the Lutheran World Federation. Through this partnership, DCA provides safe access to land while Lutheran World Federation provides community level development support.
Sqm cleared and released in 2011
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Cleared areas: 314,394 sqm
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Released through technical and non-technical survey: 233,676 sqm
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People who directly benefitted from operations: 6,029
Items destroyed in 2011
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Anti Personnel Mines (AP): 704
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Anti Tank Mine (AT): 4
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UXO : 297
Mine Risk Education Presentations in 2011
214
People who directly benefitted from MRE: 10,257