How to become deminer?
FSD’s deminers come from all walks of life: farmers, teachers, IT specialists and many others. Many have had their lives...
Humanitarian demining
Iraq
News from the field
Through our field updates, testimonies and feature articles, discover the everyday work of FSD teams — from deminers making land safe to staff leading community projects — and gain insight into the world of humanitarian demining and recovery.
Filtrer
Tourist destinations still marked by the scars of war
In the world, nearly one in three countries remains contaminated by landmines and explosive remnants of war, particularly across much of South-East...
Landmines and explosive remnants
Colombia
Iraq
Sri Lanka
Beyond demining: preparing to hand over the reins
Faced with this reality, FSD — with the support of Switzerland — is working on two fronts: clearing land today,...
Humanitarian demining
Prevention and risk education
Ukraine
A journey into the unknown – Ukraine 2025
Author: Catherine André, FSD Board Member Report on a visit to Ukraine with FSD (Fondation suisse de déminage) When you...
Humanitarian demining
Mine detection dogs
Prevention and risk education
Non catégorisé
Ukraine
On the Tajik-Kyrgyz border, scarred lands begin to heal
In the villages of Shurob and Chorkuh, in northern Tajikistan, the scars of civil war and regional tensions are still...
Recovery
Humanitarian demining
Prevention and risk education
Tajikistan
Clearing mines after an explosion
More than 300 inhabitants, including about 60 children, were locked up for almost a month in a basement last March....
Humanitarian demining
Ukraine
Training veterans in humanitarian demining
The aim of the programme is to train participants in humanitarian demining techniques adapted to their health conditions, such as...
Humanitarian demining
Ukraine
Reinforcements in Ukraine: our new four-legged recruits have arrived!
These Malinois and German Shepherds, with their exceptional sense of smell, are currently acclimatising with their handlers to adjust to their...
Mine detection dogs
Humanitarian demining
Ukraine
Accidental explosions: what are the high-risk behaviours?
While almost one in three countries in the world is contaminated by landmines and explosive remnants of war, thousands of...
Children
Prevention and risk education
Ukraine
Crops of hope for conflict victims in Colombia
In response to this situation, FSD first launched an assistance project for mine victims, before extending its support to victims...
Victim Assistance
Colombia
A mined cemetery rehabilitated in Iraq
Today, Kubaiba is once again at peace. Although the village has not yet regained its original population of 2500, inhabitants...
Landmines and explosive remnants
Humanitarian demining
Iraq
World environment day: restoring land for a safer future
Humanitarian demining is essential to clear the soil of explosive-related contaminants, and to enable the restoration of ecosystems. In all...
Environment
Landmines and explosive remnants
Tajikistan
Ukraine
Colombia
Mine clearance in the mountains of Mosul
Dear Reader, My name is Chris Hunter and I’ve been part of FSD’s team in Iraq for several years. As...
Humanitarian demining
Iraq
“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,...
Recovery
Humanitarian demining
Ukraine
International Mine Awareness Day: protecting lives, building peace
This is regularly illustrated by press reports of accidental explosions or discoveries of devices dating from the First and Second...
Landmines and explosive remnants
Non catégorisé
« I was 9 when I lost my foot and part of my leg »
At the time, Hnfna was unaware that she was entering a minefield, an omnipresent danger in the vicinity of her...
Victim Assistance
Afghanistan
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,...
Children
Prevention and risk education
Ukraine
Yesterday a school teacher, today a deminer for FSD
Iskandarova is a deminer in the team deployed last month by FSD to a remote and mountainous area of Tajikistan....
Humanitarian demining
Tajikistan
Landmine goes click?
Author: Markus Schindler The air is thick with tension as the sun begins to set. A small group of soldiers...
Humanitarian demining
Landmines and explosive remnants
Non catégorisé
Demining in Ukraine: the race against time
With the arrival of a warmer weather, the number of accidents is likely to increase. FSD has drastically increased its...
Humanitarian demining
Landmines and explosive remnants
Prevention and risk education
Non catégorisé
Ukraine
Once upon a time FSD…
The story begins in the Swiss city of Fribourg. In the 1990s, millions of people saw on their TV screens images...
Humanitarian demining
Capacity building: our partner in Iraq is now accredited to clear improvised mines
After months of practical training, SHO staff now have the necessary skills to carry out all stages of the demining...
Humanitarian demining
Iraq
Machine gun ammunition at the waste dump
One day someone brought me an old bucket full of scrap metal,” says Vladimir, owner of a metal collection centre...
Landmines and explosive remnants
Humanitarian demining
Ukraine
Pastor and risk education volunteer
High up in the religious hierarchy in western Mindanao, he takes advantage of his visits to the various religious congregations...
Landmines and explosive remnants
Prevention and risk education
Philippines
Demining: women make their mark
An internal survey conducted among FSD’s female Iraqi staff last month shows how this new career impacts their family life...
Humanitarian demining
Iraq
The challenges of winter demining
As the festive season approaches, FSD teams are taking measures to adapt to these conditions in order to continue, where...
Humanitarian demining
Iraq
Afghanistan
Ukraine
Land poisoned by obsolete pesticides
Old stocks of pesticides have leached into soils and rivers and threaten the health of Tajiks. FSD has made good...
Environment
Non catégorisé
Tajikistan
Qoqa rallies to clear a village
Occupied between 2014 and 2016 by ISIS, it was studded with improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance. Now that their...
Humanitarian demining
Iraq
Bees to the rescue of a mine victim
The shepherd was no longer able to provide for his family. In 2018, thanks to FSD’s support, Rahmi Ali was...
Victim Assistance
Afghanistan
The challenges of demining in the jungle
Located in the intertropical zone of the American continent, crossed by the Andes Cordillera and bounded by the Pacific Ocean...
Humanitarian demining
Colombia