Schonstedt Instrument Company and the United Nations Mine Action Team have identified the International Mine Action Training Center, Nairobi, Kenya as the first recipient of free demining equipment under the Schonstedt Humanitarian Demining Initiative.
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Since the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s independence in 1960, the country has been locked in a spiral of armed conflict that has resulted in nationwide contamination of explosive hazards. The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has been present in the DRC since 2002, supporting the National Mine Action Authority (CCLAM) in coordinating the survey and clearance activities of suspected hazardous areas identified throughout the country. In August 2018, the Schonstedt Humanitarian Demining Initiative (SHDI) deployed ten (10) locators to the DRC to aid in the detection of buried landmines, explosive remnants of war (ERW) and other unexploded ordnance…The post Schonstedt Humanitarian Demining Locators Deployed to Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) appeared first on Schonstedt Instrument Company.
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