On 19th June, the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD) organized a media trip to its cluster munition clearance task in the village of Kfar Shouba in South Lebanon. Representatives from various...
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Lebanon: Country operations
Background Since 1975, it has been estimated that up to 165 million square meters of land in Lebanon may have been affected by mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO). In the period up to May 2009, 91...
Lebanon program celebrates one million square meters of released land - Yallah Shabeb Campaign
On October the 19th the Lebanon programme launched the celebration of the great achievement of 1,000,000 square meters of released land after cluster bombs clearance in the South of Lebanon. The...
FSD Lebanon co-winner of Nansen Refugee Award - but no further funding in sight for 2009
The Operators engaged in post 2006 war clearance in south of Lebanon, including FSD, have been awarded the Nansen Refugee this year, for the efficient and courageous work done by more than 1,000...
Lebanon: Mine risk education to protect children
Southern Lebanon is littered with landmines and explosive remnants subsequent to the July/August 2006 war. With the support of the Family Praz in Lausanne, the Haut-Lac Bilingual School in Vevey and...
Lebanon: ECHO funded mine and UXO clearance project in the region of Tyre
The project consists of four eight man teams under the supervision of international technical advisors. The teams are tasked to clear groups of cluster bomb unit (CBU) strike areas as identified and...
Elan de solidarité entre les bords du Léman et le sud du Liban
SAINT-LÉGIER Les élèves de l'Ecole internationale du Haut-Lac se mobilisent pour leurs camarades du sud du Liban, victimes des bombes à sous-munitions. Leur but, financer une campagne de prévention...