HALO rapidly deploys local teams to clear debris, deliver aid, provide medical support, and help communities recover and rebuild after emergencies.
We work in the world's most fragile places, where few people have the resources to cope when emergencies strike. We are often the first organization on the ground when everything else has fallen apart.
Our teams live and work in their own communities. We have trained medics, heavy loaders, trucks and well-disciplined teams. We can move fast when help is needed.
Crisis response is not just about clearing ground, it's about restoring dignity.
Hundreds of families were displaced by the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian enclave in the Caucasus.
HALO provided direct cash assistance, helping people buy food, secure shelter, and begin again in Armenia after they lost their homes.
In Laos, we often use our fleet of trucks to provide food and medicine to villages cut off by monsoon flooding.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we provided medical supplies to Cambodia and Zimbabwe, where local systems were overwhelmed.
In Ukraine in 2022, we repurposed our mine clearance teams to provide food aid, transport and shelter after Russia's invasion.
Earthquakes leveled entire villages in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan in 2023 and 2025.
HALO's heavy machinery, normally used to clear explosives, was deployed to move rubble. This enabled roads to reopen, restoring access to cut-off communities.
After the 2023 earthquake in Syria, HALO teams dug through collapsed buildings, cleared streets, and searched for survivors beneath the wreckage.
HALO's strength lies in its people. Almost all our staff are local. They are deeply trusted, highly trained, and committed to their communities. Many are paramedics and many are survivors themselves.
Across the 30+ countries where we work, HALO is committed to being first in and last out. From the first hours of crisis through the long road to recovery.
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