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New graduates ready to join DRC demining efforts
After an intensive 5 week course, nine students have successfully obtained the certificate on Conventional Munitions Disposal, Explosive Ord…
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Danish press release: DRC will commence demining activities in Helmand
As the only Danish and one of only two international humanitarian demining actors, the Danish Refugee Council has gained access to the Helma…
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DRC attends the 11th Meeting of State Parties of the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 11th to 14th of September.
It is 13 years since the entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, and 124 states are now signatory to it. But cluster muniti…
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Ukrainian shoemaker survived a heavy explosion of an Explosive Ordnance left in a bin
The war in Ukraine completely changed the life of Taras*. His shoe factory was hit by a missile, and he was injured due to an explosion of a…
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Humanitarian mine action in Ukraine – much more than removing explosives
Humanitarian Mine Action is not only about technical demining and removal of explosive remnants of war. It is also about helping victims in…
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Civilians under shelling in Ukraine: Ivan spent months in a school basement surviving the frontline battles
After nine months of living in a school basement and heavy injury from a mortar shell, 70-year-old Ivan* fled eastern Ukraine and moved clos…
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Kilometres of Ukraine's forests are contaminated with explosive ordnance: DRC helps make them safe
DRC demining team step by step clears the forest in Rozvazhiv village in Kyiv Oblast that was massively contaminated with explosive ordnance…
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Poland: Protecting Ukrainian lives through Risk Education
DRC steps up efforts to raise awareness of Explosive Ordnance Risk in Ukraine through educational activities for refugees and other displace…
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Mykolaiv: A city without doors, windows and half of its citizens
Scarred by nearly one year of war, Ukraine’s southern Mykolaiv city and its remaining residents are struggling through a winter of freezing…
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Ukraine - One year of war: Report on DRC's crisis response
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How DRC’s mine action work is restoring hope in Iraq
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has been working in Iraq since 2003, and has reached over eight hundred thousand people with risk education…
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DRC's support for victims of shelling in Ukraine: a glimpse into the lives of Chernihiv families
The consequences of constant shelling of Ukrainian territories as well as active battles continue to reinforce the humanitarian crisis in th…
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In Nigeria, risk education about explosive ordinance aims at preventing accidents
From March until June this year, 21 persons in Nigeria have lost their lives due to unexploded ordnance. For the last many years, the number…