Dear Reader, My name is Chris Hunter and I've been part of FSD’s team in Iraq for several years. As a Senior Technical Advisor, my primary role is to identify and neutralise improvised mines and other explosive remnants of war located by my colleagues. Today, I would...
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Latest news on our demining activities, victim assistance and mine and explosive remnants of war education programmes around the world.
Le déminage des montages de Mossoul
Chère lectrice, cher lecteur, Je m'appelle Chris Hunter et je fais partie de l'équipe de la FSD en Irak depuis plusieurs années. En tant qu'expert technique en déminage, mon rôle principal consiste à identifier et neutraliser les mines et restes de munitions localisés...
Minenräumung in den Bergen von Mosul
Sehr geehrte Leserin, sehr geehrter Leser, Mein Name ist Chris Hunter und ich arbeite seit mehreren Jahren als Senior Technical Advisor für das FSD-Team im Irak. Meine Hauptaufgabe besteht darin, improvisierte Minen und andere explosive Kriegsüberreste zu...
“My father and my husband built our house”
Kamianka, a rustic settlement in Ukraine’s east, experienced brutal fighting during the summer of 2022. Following months of fierce combat, Ukrainian troops finally retook Kamianka as part of their wider counter-offensive that liberated large parts of Kharkiv Oblast...
International Mine Awareness Day: Protecting lives, building peace
International Mine Awareness Day is a reminder that mines and explosive remnants of war can still kill or maim for decades after they have been laid or fired. This is regularly illustrated by press reports of accidental explosions or discoveries of devices dating from...
“I was 9 when I lost my foot and part of my leg”
Hnfna is just 18 years old and lives in the steep, isolated mountains of Badakhshan in northern Afghanistan. When she was just a little girl, an accidental explosion seriously injured her while she was collecting firewood in the forest. At the time, Hnfna was unaware...
Deminer: we have an urgent mission for you!
Today, you're the one working on the minefield, and we’re counting on you to give us a hand! Which tools for which stage? Metal detector, base stick, tripwire feeler... They may look like gardening tools, but they're actually the basic tools of the deminer. Find...
They learn to read, to write and to recognise unexploded ordnance
Polina, Nastia, and Sophia are between 8 and 9. They live in a village located in the province of Chernihiv, in Ukraine. We met them at their school following a mine risk education session. Like her two friends, Polina took refuge with her family in an underground...
Yesterday a school teacher, today a deminer for FSD
Iskandarova Zebonisso comes from the district of Rudaki, in Western Tajikistan. A few years ago, the 31-year-old woman was working in a nursery school. Today, she locates mines and explosive remnants of war in the south of the country, along the Afghan border. As a...
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