HALO Trust (USA) Inc.
850 Seventh Avenue #506
New York, NY 10019
Contact: Kurt Chesko
Tel: 212-581-0099
Fax: 212-581-2029
Email: [email protected]
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HALO Trust to brief Armenian community in San Francisco
Kurt Chesko, Program Officer for the HALO Trust, will speak about his
recent visit to Nagorno Karabakh and discuss the impact that landmines
and unexploded ordnance (UXO) have on the population there. He will
share photographs and give a mine clearance demonstration. This event
is hosted by the Armenian National Committee of San Francisco and is
open to the public and all are welcome to attend.
The HALO Trust is the world’s largest humanitarian landmine clearance
organization and operates a 200-person program in Karabakh, one of the
most mine-affectied regions in the world. HALO’s dedicated Karabakhi
staff have destroyed 2,300 antipersonnel landmines, 1,000 antitank
mine and over 26,000 items of UXO since 2000. HALO also provides mine
risk education to the goverment authorities and residents of Karabakh.
This briefing will be held on Wednesday, September 8th at 8:00PM. The
venue is Vaspourgan Hall at 51 Commonwealth Avenue in San Francisco.