APOPO News

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

PRESS RELEASE: KYIV, UKRAINE, 21 August, 2024 The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is proud to announce the launch of an innovative project in Ukraine that is set to transform demining operations and create critical methodologies for mine action. This initiative features the deployment of sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers, and

KYIV, UKRAINE, 12 August, 2024 European Union funds new humanitarian mine action initiative with two million Euros Ukrainian handlers with their highly trained dogs are to be deployed to clear landmines and unexploded ordnance across the country in a project funded with a € 2 million grant from the European Commission’s Service for Foreign Policy

El 2 de agosto se inauguraron oficialmente las exposiciones agrícolas anuales, conocidas localmente como Nane Nane, en el recinto Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere de Morogoro, Tanzania. El tema de la exposición de este año era “Elegir buenos líderes del gobierno local para el desarrollo sostenible de la agricultura, la ganadería y la pesca”. La exposición,

On August 2, 2024, the annual agricultural exhibitions locally known as Nane Nane officially opened at the Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere grounds in Morogoro, Tanzania. The theme of this year’s exhibition was “Choose Good Local Government Leaders for Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries.” The exhibition, which ran until August 8, saw active participation