Reports

Drones provided high-resolution, up-to-date imagery that was essential to the development of exposure maps and for modeling flood risks in Dar es Salaam. The success of the project has led to further applications and to government…

FSD has been working in Sudan since 2003. In 2004 they've started to work with a national NGO partner named Sudan Integrated Mine Action Service (SIMAS) who managed all the national staffing issues for FSD. In 2006 FSD made the…

As part of FSD's "Capacity Building Support" project for the Sudan Integrated Mine Action Service (SIMAS), the board member and FSD President Henri Leu attended the SIMAS Board meeting held at Rock City Hotel in Juba, South Sudan on…

Landmines and unexploded ordnance threaten civilian populations in number of regions of Sudan. They maim or kill civilians, and prevent the return of refugees and internal displaced persons to their homes. In addition, in emergency situations they obstruct aid…

After completion of the general community survey implementation is envisaged of a national rapid response capacity in conjunction with community liaison in order to clear mines and explosive remnants of war for the benefit of the affected population. Since attaining…

The FSD, Swiss Foundation for Mine Action, founded in 1997, is one of the foremost international mine action organisations based in Geneva, Switzerland. FSD's focus is on locating and destroying landmines and unexploded ordnance to prevent…

Tuesday, November 1, 10h50 - On Monday 31 October, a FSD mine clearance team working in support of the United Nations World Food Programme's road reconstruction and rehabilitation programme was ambushed in South Sudan. In this violent attack, the…

The FSD Survey Project continues to assist UNMAS to define the landmine and UXO contamination problem in Sudan. The project has recently benefitted from the establishment of a small, highly mobile rapide reponse survey team. This team consisting of 3…

During the current month, all mechanical equipment will arrive into the operational area and full mechanical operations will start shortly after. This involves one Scanjack (a 30 ton heavy flail), 4 Dok-Ing MV-4 (mini-flails), 8 CASSPIRs (mine protected vehicle),4 armoured Komatsu…

The FSD has developped a project proposal which aims at responding very rapidly to the most immediate needs in the short run and - in the medium term - to develop an autonomous national demining capacity. On…