The HALO Trust USA
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World’s largest humanitarian landmine clearance NGO | Championing mine action on Capitol Hill | Donate today https://t.co/mYKmNYTtt7
Washington, DC
Joined August 2019
Veterans like former Air Force explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician Caleb Totten are still finding ways to serve. With The HALO Trust, Caleb advocates for demining programs that protect service members and civilians around the world. “What The HALO Trust is doing is
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🌍This holiday season, follow along to explore the Ripple Effect of #LandmineFree – because removing landmines clears the path for hope that lasts, generations after landmines leave the ground. Learn more and give today: https://t.co/vb4H36Pr9Z
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The HALO Trust USA was honored to join the 7th Ukraine Action Summit, hosted by @AmericaforUA🇺🇦 We shared our lifesaving work clearing explosive ordnance in Ukraine, meeting with 12 congressional offices to highlight the urgent need for continued support for #humanitarian
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Innovations driving modern demining wouldn’t be possible without support from the private sector & individual donors. @HALOTrustUSA’s Chris Whatley notes that companies like @Cargill help transform the sector’s technological approach. Watch & read more: https://t.co/uOARbb3fYY
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HALO Champion Spotlight ✨ 👩🏫 Lindsay Johnston is an educator, fundraiser, and advocate from #Texas. In #Kosovo🇽🇰, her commitment to a safe, peaceful world has helped clear hidden explosives so students can learn and grow safely. Read her story: https://t.co/y9hVelpP7S
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Every girl deserves a safe path to school. Because of you, thousands of children can now walk without fear — and together, we can reach thousands more. This #DayOfTheGirlChild, let’s keep clearing the way for brighter futures. 🌏 Learn more about your impact in Cambodia → →
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Eighty years after WWII, unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Solomon Islands still endanger families and prevent communities from using their land. However, since 2023, the United States 🇺🇸 through the @USEmbHoniara has provided $3.6 million to support Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 UXO
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In our #CentralAmerica program, we held Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) courses, levels 1 and 2, for 🇬🇹 Guatemalan army personnel with the support of the United States 🇺🇸 @usembassyguate. This program helps Guatemala’s security forces more effectively manage their weapons and
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Thank you also to all the Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee who have supported critical demining and weapons security programs during the authorization process. HALO is happy to see the Conventional Weapons Destruction authorizing language move forward with strong
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HALO also thanks @RepBera for his championship of humanitarian demining in the authorization process, as the State Department Reauthorization includes language from the Conventional Weapons Destruction and Legacy of Senator Patrick Leahy Act that Rep. Bera introduced late last
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Last week, the House Foreign Affairs Committee included language authorizing Conventional Weapons Destruction programs in their markup of the State Department Reauthorization bills. These demining and weapons security programs protect national and international security, show
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HALO is providing emergency EOD response to the recent unplanned explosion at an ammunition storage area in Misrata in coordination with the Libyan Mine Action Centre. The explosion scattered unexploded ordnance across several densely populated districts, damaging nearby
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Every landmine cleared in 🇺🇦 #Ukraine saves lives and restores hope. With funding from the 🇺🇸 United States, HALO is removing landmines and explosive remnants of war in Ukraine so families can return home, farmers can plant their fields and children can play safely again.
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In the village of Vasylivka, #Ukraine, farmland and orchards once littered with landmines are alive again. ➡️ See the transformation. In 2023, hundreds of landmines lined this riverbank. Each red stick marked a hidden explosive that cut families off from their land. In 2025, the
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Families in Afghanistan need your help. A powerful earthquake has devastated communities, leaving thousands injured, displaced, and afraid. HALO is on the ground, responding. Your gift to HALO’s Disaster & Crisis Response Fund helps us act fast—evacuating survivors, providing
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"We are working with other organizations, evacuating the injured and providing food and temporary shelter." Dr Farid Homayoun, Country Director of HALO #Afghanistan, was live on Al Jazeera English this evening to update on HALO's response after the devastating earthquake in the
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Today, on Victory over Japan Day, we honor the bravery of those who served in WWII. But in the Pacific, the war is not just history—it’s still buried in the ground. In Solomon Islands, unexploded bombs from the Battle of Guadalcanal and other campaigns still threaten families,
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🎥“I want to help my people. I want my people to be safe. I want them to live a life free from ordnance,” says HALO Solomon Islands’ Bernadette Miller Wale. This VJ Day, 80 years after the end of WWII, communities in the Pacific are still living with the deadly legacy of war.
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As we honor Ukrainian Independence Day, too many families still live in fear of hidden landmines and explosives. You can help change that. Take one minute to send a letter to your Members of Congress and urge them to fund humanitarian demining in Ukraine—because every cleared
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