Updates

By Dr. Negussie Beyene | Program Manager TB Ethiopia World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2022 This World TB Day, APOPO renews its commitment to work harder and save more lives but challenges its supporters...

Land handover ceremony in Siem Reap province. On February 14th, APOPO held a handover ceremony in Siem Reap province with partner CMAC. The ceremony took place at the cleared minefield and the...

International Day of Education. Since 2018 when the United Nations (UN) General Assembly announced the 24th of January as International Day of Education, this day has served as an opportunity to...

MOU signed for 2022. Yesterday on December 16th, APOPO Asia Regional Manager, Michael Heiman and CMAC Director-General, His Excellency Heng Ratana, met in Phnom Penh to sign the memorandum of...

Potential for development. Thanks to the continued support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and U.S. Government, APOPO is now able to strengthen its activities in Zimbabwe,...

Improving food security and wildlife conservation. Harare, Zimbabwe – Switzerland, through the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has provided US$1 million to APOPO Mine Action for...

The APOPO Tuberculosis (TB) team in Dar es Salaam was delighted to host Ms Katarzyna Sobiecka, First Counsellor from the Embassy of the Republic of Poland to Tanzania at our TB Detection research...

APOPO works quickly and cost-efficiently to make land safe by clearing landmines and other explosives, like cluster munitions, so families living near minefields can rebuild their lives and...

Empowering women as agents of change in their communities. In much of rural sub-Saharan Africa, women struggle to find regular work opportunities, leaving many families struggling to survive. APOPO...

Ceremony to officialize partnership with INAD On Tuesday the 22nd of September, APOPO Angola signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a new partnership with ️Instituto Nacional de Desminagem...

Program visit from Belgian government following their support. We are thrilled to announce that the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (BMFA) has committed € 436,653 in funding to APOPO Angola to...

Cambodia Mine Action Center (CMAC) signs contract for 2021. Yesterday on December 10th, APOPO Cambodia Program Manager, Michael Heiman and CMAC Director-General, His Excellency Heng Ratana, met in...

Cambodia program hits land release milestone in record time. Today, APOPO held a handover ceremony with partner CMAC in Siem Reap province. This ceremony was to hand over the last minefield cleared...

By Michael Heiman | Country Program Manager, APOPO Mine Action Cambodia Proof of concept project for Cambodia program. In November 2020, APOPO began a pilot project to prove the concept of using our...

APOPO to clear deadly minefield in the Sengwe Wildlife Corridor. In Zimbabwe, landmines affect not only local populations but also their precious livestock and wildlife. Thanks to an initial start-up...

APOPO is thrilled to announce new support from Phnom Penh Commercial Bank (PPCBank) in an effort to help rid Cambodia of the deadly legacy of landmines. Last Thursday August 27th, the bank kindly...

Today is International Dog Day. APOPO, the global non-profit famed for training African giant pouched rats to detect landmines, has further expanded its existing methods with the inclusion of...

By Håvard Bach | Head of APOPO Mine Action April 4 2020 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action. Mine Action clears paths and creates safe ground on which homes can be...

Task completion and land handover in Siem Reap. On November 29th, 2019 APOPO held a handover ceremony of releasing 788,257 square meters that were cleared in the past 3 months, with over 170 anti...

Polish Aid supports APOPO TB detection in Tanzania. This week, the APOPO team was thrilled to host representatives from the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tanzania at our Training and Research...