ARPA INSTITUTE AND AESA -Jointly Sponsor a Presentation on Landmine Clearance in Artsakh

and AESA
Jointly Sponsor a Presentation on
Landmine Clearance in Artsakh
Thursday July 7, 2011 at 7:30pm
The 1992-94 war between Armenians and Azerbaijan over Artsakh left hundreds of minefields and
battlefields littered with unexploded ordnance. Active hostilities ceased 17 years ago but the population
of Artsakh continues to suffer. So far these explosive remnants of war have killed or maimed over 300
civilians, which is among the highest per capita civilian casualty rates in the world. Even where the
presence of mines and cluster bombs is known and can be avoided, they cripple the economy by
denying farmers the use of their land. This is one of the reasons that the people of Artsakh remain poor.
Where the seeds of war have been sown, nothing grows.
The HALO Trust has been working in Artsakh since 1995. HALO’s 210 Armenian demining staff are
making steady progress year after year. To date they have destroyed over 60,000 explosive items and
returned 59,000 acres of land to productive use. But more remains to be done. Visit the following site
for more details: http://araratmagazine.org/2011/04/clearing-mines-saving-lives-karabakh
Presenter: Edwina Lebbie joined HALO in April 2010 as the Program Coordinator. She supports
HALO’s domestic program and the donor development team in the US. She has worked on HALO
programs in Cambodia, Angola, and Nagorno Karabakh, where she became a Level 2 Explosives
Ordnance Disposal technician. Ms. Lebbie is a native of Sierra Leone and a graduate of Georgetown
University, where she studied History, French, and African Politics. She has also studied language,
culture and politics in Tanzania and Senegal.
For information please contact: Ojeni Sammis at (818) 523-2878
Presentation location
Merdinian Auditorium: 13330 Riverside Dr. Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Directions: 101 FWY exit Woodman, go north and turn right on Riverside Drive

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