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South Sudan
Mine Action
Capacity building
Stockpile destruction
Humanitarian demining
From 2004 to 2016, FSD supported the development of mine action in South Sudan in partnership with the local NGO SIMAS and the United Nations. Hundreds of deminers were trained and deployed to secure key roads and facilitate the safe return of refugees, marking an important chapter in demining.
Communities isolated by explosive remnants of war
Decades of conflict have left South Sudan littered with landmines and explosive remnants of war, hindering the delivery of humanitarian aid and the return of displaced populations. Strategic road networks remained particularly dangerous, directly threatening food security and the country’s stability.
Local teams clearing vital roads
In 2004, FSD entered into a partnership with the local NGO SIMAS and the World Food Programme (WFP) to recruit, train and supervise deminers in the south of the country. By 2005, 30 international experts and 250 local deminers had been deployed to secure key roads connecting the south to Juba, enabling WFP to deliver aid and support the return of refugees. In 2007, with FSD’s support, SIMAS obtained UN accreditation and deployed its first demining team. FSD continued to provide technical, administrative and operational support to SIMAS until 2016.
Our impact in South Sudan
+72,000
explosive remnants destroyed
+710,000
m2 of land made safe
+250
deminers trained and deployed
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For nearly 30 years, FSD has been working to make land safer. Explore the key milestones of our humanitarian work since our first demining operation in 1998.
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