Grants and Contributions

This project aims to reduce the threat posed by explosive remnants of war and improve the livelihoods of vulnerable populations in Cambodia. Project activities include: (1) surveying potential contaminated areas and conducting mine clearance operations; (2) delivering explosive ordnance risk education to impacted populations; (3) providing environmental awareness and agricultural development training to enhance the economic autonomy of women who both head households and own agricultural land; and (4) organizing and hosting an exhibition in Siem Reap on the margins of the 5th Review Conference of the Ottawa Treaty to promote the universalization of the Ottawa Treaty.

The project aims to promote peace and stability in conflict-affected states.

The project aims to safeguard the lives and livelihoods of Ukrainians, including women and internally-displaced persons, by addressing the threat of explosive ordnance, present across vast areas of the country.
Project activities include: (1) conducting non-technical survey and subsequent manual clearance in targeted communities; (2) providing capacity building to key national stakeholders; and (3) establishing a Gender and Diversity Working Group to promote gender-transformative mine action in Ukraine.

This project aims to increase access to resettlement, livelihood opportunities, and enhance stability and security in mine-cleared areas of Northern Sri Lanka for war-affected women, men, girls and boys. Project activities include: (1) clearing landmines and other explosive remnants of war and releasing land back to land owners and internally displaced people; (2) delivering targeted and mainstreamed capacity-building trainings for women and men HALO staff to increase their opportunities for post-mine action employment; and (3) increasing awareness among women and men HALO staff of the importance and value of gender equality.

This project aims to help address the significant gender imbalance in the field of weapons and ammunition management (WAM) by providing technical training to women. This training will allow them to take on technical positions in this male-dominated sector and deliver technical trainings on weapons and ammunition management to security institutions in host countries. It also aims to support the universalization and implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty, in particular, the obligation of States Parties to implement national control systems and prevent diversion of weapons and ammunition. Project activities include the delivery of a series of train-the-trainer technical trainings such as ammunition management, explosive ordnance disposal and weapons marking, registration and recordkeeping.

This project aims to support Halo Trust to address the urgent humanitarian need for clearing explosive remnants of war (ERW) on the Armenia-controlled territory of Nagorno Karabakh following the renewed violence in late 2020. This project is part of a larger response by Canada to the mine action needs in the region. It complements another project in Nagorno Karabakh, supported by Canada and carried-out by a different partner in the Azerbaijan-controlled territory of Nagorno Karabakh. Project activities include: (1) explosive contamination surveys; (2) humanitarian clearance of unexploded ordnance from civilian areas; and (3) rapid explosive ordnance risk education of the local population, including displaced people.
Promoting gender equality among local staff and opportunities for local women in the ERW clearance sector is an integral part of the project. The direct beneficiaries of clearance activities are women, girls, boys and men living in communities affected by explosive ordnance, especially in densely populated urban areas such as Martakert, Martuni, Stepanakert and the farmland surrounding Stepanakert and nearby villages. All activities carried out are in line with international mine action standards. This project aims to contribute to improved security and resilience of communities affected by explosive remnants of war, particularly vulnerable groups, including women and internally displaced persons, on the Armenia-controlled territory of Nagorno Karabakh.

This project aims to clear approximately 359,000 square meters of landmine-affected areas in northern Sri-Lanka, in order to allow resettlement and increased security of vulnerable and displaced populations.

Project activities include: 1) clearing landmines from residential areas; 2) repairing infrastructure, such as a water reservoirs and irrigation systems; 3) gender-sensitive employment practices used by the project partner, HALO Trust, including promoting women to supervisory positions in an equitable manner.

Approximately 13,900 people (of which 52% are women and girls) are expected to benefit from the project in the short-term, including over 3,750 long-term internally displaced people who are expected to have increased access to their home areas in the Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts in northern Sri Lanka.

P006116001: The aim of this project is to improve the educational attainment levels of Tibetan youth living in Nepal and India to access post-secondary education and improve gainful employment opportunities. Project activities include technical training, mentoring and pilot programs as well as small grants and scholarships targeting girls. Beneficiaries consist of 34 schools with a student enrollment of 4,540 students (2,340 boys and 2,200 girls).

P006476001: This project aims to clear approximately 359,000 square meters of landmine-affected areas in northern Sri-Lanka, in order to allow resettlement and increased security of vulnerable and displaced populations.

Project activities include: 1) clearing landmines from residential areas; 2) repairing infrastructure, such as a water reservoirs and irrigation systems; 3) gender-sensitive employment practices used by the project partner, HALO Trust, including promoting women to supervisory positions in an equitable manner.

Approximately 13,900 people (of which 52% are women and girls) are expected to benefit from the project in the short-term, including over 3,750 long-term internally displaced people who are expected to have increased access to their home areas in the Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu districts in northern Sri Lanka.

This project aims to remove about 10,000 anti-personnel mines in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Some 300,000 people were displaced as a result of the 25-year civil war that ended in May 2009. Although most people have returned to their home areas in the North and East of the country, about 43,000 people are still displaced. One of the reasons people are not able to return home is that there are still large numbers of landmines and other unexploded ordnance (such as bullets and improvised explosive devices) in some areas of the Northern Province. These landmines and other unexploded ordnance need to be located and destroyed before people can safely return home, resume their previous occupations and live in safety and dignity.

Project activities include locating and clearing landmines and other unexploded ordnance in five locations in Kilinochchi and Jaffna Districts, Northern Province, Sri Lanka.

This project benefits over 22,000 people, including a number of female-headed households.