HALO Trust: Celebrity Supporters

The HALO Trust is a non-political, non-religious NGO, registered in Britain as a charity (no.1001813 and SCO37870) and in the United States as a 501©(3) Not-for-Profit organisation. HALO specialises in the removal of the hazardous debris of war.

They have nearly 8,000 full-time mineclearers in 10 countries, with on-going surveys into new regions.

By May 2010, twenty-two years after founding HALO, they have reached some important milestones that include:

over 1.3 million landmines destroyed
over twelve million items of larger calibre ordnance destroyed
over fifty million bullets destroyed
over 2,800 heavy weapon systems immobilized
over 128,000 assault rifles destroyed
over 6,800 minefields cleared
25,241 hectares (62,373 acres) made safe from landmines
125,192 hectares (309,357 acres) made safe from unexploded and abandoned ordnance
12,068 kilometers (7,498 miles) of roads cleared