APOPO News

Following a field trial between September 2023 and March 2024, APOPO Zimbabwe revised its mine action data collection methods to mitigate mine clearance risks by incorporating a Clearance Data Model (CDM) into daily reporting. The aim was to explore how this updated method could improve the quality of collected data whilst also saving time for […]

On September 13, all of APOPO’s demining teams in Azerbaijan successfully passed the ANAMA (Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action) annual accreditation. This includes APOPO’s Technical Survey Dogs (TSD), Mine Detection Rats (MDR), and, for the first time, MDR handlers who were accredited as manual deminers. APOPO’s MDR handlers are the first foreign demining team

On September 12, 2024, APOPO had the privilege of chairing and co-presenting a side session at the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) meeting, held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. This session provided a platform for sharing APOPO and MAG’s innovative approaches in detecting cluster munitions in Cambodia , particularly focusing on the

APOPO recently completed the construction of a rice dryer in Kantout, Cambodia, as part of its ongoing efforts to support local farmers. The rice dryer, funded through the Minefields to Rice Fields project, will allow farmers to dry and store their harvested rice more efficiently, helping them sell it at better prices and improve their

On September 17th, APOPO proudly commemorated the 10-year anniversary of our humanitarian demining program in Cambodia. Over the past decade, our dedicated team, including our HeroRATs and Mine Detection Dogs, has worked tirelessly to clear landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), restoring safety and opportunities to communities across the country. None of this progress would have

APOPO was honored to take part in the Joint Strategic Framework (JSF) learning event for Belgium-supported Non-Governmental Actors (BNGAs) in Arusha, Tanzania, held from September 12-13, 2024. The event brought together key actors in development and environmental sustainability, with APOPO represented by Dr. Tefera Agizew, Head of Tuberculosis (TB) Programs, and Aron Katosho, HeroTREEs Officer.

On September 9th, three representatives from People’s Postcode Lottery visited APOPO’s operational headquarters in Morogoro, Tanzania. The three visitors, Stephanie Kerr (Long-term Partnerships Advisor), Will Humpington (Advisor Climate Change & Environmental Programmes), and Ryan Mackie (Deputy Head of Charities & Governance Manager) were given an overview of APOPO’s core activities, including the training and breeding

APOPO took center stage at the 2024 Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) conference in Kigali, Rwanda, where we introduced our latest groundbreaking initiative: the HeroTREEs program. Known globally for our HeroRATs, we used this platform to highlight how APOPO is expanding its impact from detecting landmines and tuberculosis (TB) to sustainable agriculture and

In July 2024, 20 HeroRATs were deployed by APOPO to Cambodia, joining the crucial effort to address the persistent problem of landmines in the country. 14 of these specially trained African giant pouched rats, capable of detecting explosives with high precision, are now set to make Cambodia safer by detecting and helping clear landmines across