
The HALO Trust is the world's largest humanitarian mine clearance organization. It works in Laos to clear unexploded ordnance. Here, two HALO technicians use a Large Loop Detector to clear a hazardous area.

HALO prioritizes land which will be used for community development projects and agricultural land.

A HALO team walks through a paddy field to get to work. Dense vegetation and a very wet rainy season can make the job difficult.

A HALO Technician uses a detector during the clearance of a Confirmed Hazardous Area (CHA).

Ms Toyota, one of HALO's team leaders, prepares what she needs to conduct the demolition of a cluster munitions.

A HALO supervisor shows where the organization has found items of unexploded ordnance -- the yellow sticks indicate how close they are to one village house.

