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For 25 years, FSD has been conducting humanitarian mine action operations around the world.

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This specialised remote-controlled MV-10 machine is used to prepare the ground to speed up clearance and maximise the safety of deminers. Ukraine

UKRAINE: NEWS FROM THE FIELD

As of 1st June 2023, more than 130 FSD staff members are at work in the provinces of Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Mykolaiv. The teams conduct surveys, clearance of minefields and carry out risk education sessions. Download the PDF to get more details.

Annual Report homepage card 2022

5,055,356 m2 cleared of mines in 2022

Find out more about our key figures, programmes and detailed accounts in our annual report. Thank you to our teams, donors and partners who have helped to make the world a safer place.

Women in Mine Action, International women's day

WE ARE STRONG, WE ARE FREE

Nadiya, 25, is a deminer for FSD in Ukraine. A year ago, she would never have imagined that she would work in Mine Action. Learn more about her story and those of her colleagues Salome, Yuliia, Olena, Merlene, Naila and Asmaa.

For a safer world

In 2022, FSD teams located and neutralised 6'949 landmines and pieces of unexploded or abandoned ordnance.

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Our current programmes

non technical survey looking for explosive ordnance in rubble ukraine

Ukraine

Mine clearence · Explosive ordnance risk education · Support to education

explosive ordnance render safe procedure training in Iraq

Iraq

Mine clearance · Explosive ordnance risk education · Capacity building

Mine risk education session for school children in the philippines

The Philippines

Mine clearance · Explosive ordnance risk education · Capacity building

FSD employee gives explosive ordnance risk education to children in village in afghanistan

Afghanistan

Mine clearance · Explosive ordnance risk education · Mine victim assistance

Socio-economic reintegration and mine victim assistance in colombia

Colombia

Capacity building · Mine victim assistance

weapon and ammunition stockpile destruction in tajikistan

Tajikistan

Environmental remediation · Disposal of weapons and ammunition

Carpentry classes for former combattants in socio-economic development project in the cantral african republic

Central African republic

Support to the peace process · Disarmament and reintegration · Socio-economic support to communities

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Almost all the videos on our YouTube channel are available with subtitles: to access them, please click on the icon "Subtitles" at the bottom right of the screen.

  • Demining operations
  • Media reports
  • Series “Deminers answer children’s questions”
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Where is FSD currently working in Ukraine? What does a landmine look like? Answers to your questions, once a month.

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Iraqi deminer trained to the use of a detector