2025年4月4日 · APOPO’s scent detection animals, nicknamed ‘HeroRATs’ and ‘HeroDOGs’, help to rid the world of landmines and tuberculosis – returning safe land back to communities for development, and freeing people from serious illness so they can get back on their feet.

Magawa is APOPO's most successful HeroRAT. During his illustrious 5 year career, Magawa’s work directly saved the lives of men, women and children who were impacted by hidden landmines and other deadly remnants of war in Cambodia.

From APOPO’s humble beginnings to our present day status as a global organization, APOPO is proud to celebrate 20 years of detecting two of the deadliest threats on the planet: landmines and tuberculosis.

Discover how APOPO's HeroRATs save lives by detecting landmines and tuberculosis more efficiently than traditional methods.

With your support, APOPO trains animals to save lives by safely and quickly sniffing out landmines and tuberculosis. Accountability and efficiency are important to us and for every dollar/euro you donate, 92% goes directly to supporting our work on the ground.

APOPO addresses global issues through research, development, and deployment of scent detection technology at its training and research center in Tanzania and several other countries.

APOPO is a non-profit organization with Belgian roots. For 25 years we have tackled landmines or tuberculosis around the world. APOPO provides a low-tech, cost-efficient solution to pressing humanitarian challenges

APOPO is a global non-profit organization that researches, develops and implements detection rats technology for humanitarian purposes such as clearing landmines and detecting tuberculosis. APOPO has Belgian roots with operational headquarters in Tanzania and further operations in Angola, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Mozambique, Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe ...

6 天之前 · APOPO’s innovative approach using trained HeroRATs like Ronin accelerates the detection and removal of these deadly remnants, contributing to Cambodia’s goal of becoming landmine-free. The Global Landmine Problem

APOPO saves lives through the deployment of scent detection animals: Deploying cost-efficient mine action solutions in affected countries Accelerate tuberculosis control in high burden countries