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APOPO and CMAC commit to another year of partnership
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Yesterday on December 10th,
APOPO Cambodia Program Manager, Michael Heiman and
CMAC Director-General, His Excellency Heng Ratana, met in Phnom Penh to sign the memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the continuation of APOPO’s Mine detection Rat (MDR) and CMAC mine clearance operations in Cambodia in 2021.
APOPO works to free men, women, and children from a daily fear and anxiety and help them get back on their feet after conflict. No one expected how much life would change this year as the COVID-19 pandemic raged and countries went into lockdown. APOPO mine action Cambodia pushed to keep working in order to ensure the people we serve were not left behind. Together with CMAC, APOPO Cambodia planned to clear 3 million square meters of dangerous land and return it to the kingdom for further development. The final numbers are not in yet but APOPO has managed to surpass this target significantly.