The Sole of Africa: From Landmines to Farmlands
April 10th, 2007 | Published in Advocacy, Angola, Conflict, Human Rights, Mozambique, South Africa
The post -”Miss Landmine [Angola]: A Grotesque Display of Insensitivity” generated a feedback from another NGO working to rid Mozambique and Angola of landmines.
Earlier today, Kai Von Pannier the Managing Director of Mineseeker Foundation S.A, the NGO that runs “The Sole of Africa” campaign, gives a summary of their mission via email. Here is the gist:
“Our campaign is to use new technology using airships to scan the
ground. However, this is just one part of the problem, once we have
identified and declared land safe from landmines, what then? This is why we
have partner with other NGO’s to form a program that’s vision is ‘Africa
feeding Africa’…
“We are currently at the start of our global awareness campaign and we
are focussed on raising the landmine issue to the highest levels.
We have the backing of Nelson Mandela and high level patrons,
so we are confident that we will succeed.”
Mineseeker Foundation aims “to raise sufficient funds from Governments, commercial concerns and funding agencies to survey and map mine affected areas and through it’s initiative “The Sole of Africa”, to return liberated land back to food production.”
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