The direct beneficiaries of mineclearance are the rural poor - always the victims if clearance comes too late; local girl collecting water from a spring beside Goden minefield
HALO recognises the importance of KSF clearance and wishes to support and complement its work.
However, with the total number of minefields and cluster munition strikes in need of clearance remaining well above 100, without an expansion of clearance many impoverished rural communities will be waiting five to ten years before their land is free of mines.