Last night, Prince Harry, Patron of The HALO Trust, spoke at the #LandmineFree2025 event at Kensington Palace in London hosted by the world’s two leading landmine charities, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and The HALO Trust. The event, held on International Mine Awareness Day, marked the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's walk through an Angolan minefield to help raise awareness of the global issue, and the signing of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty.
Prince Harry visited minefields in both Angola in 2013 and Mozambique in 2010 – one of the countries now declared landmine free – meeting amputees and witnessing the devastating impact landmines have on some of the poorest people in mine-affected communities. Leading landmine charities have estimated that £100m will be needed globally every year to make the world mine free by 2025.
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In our upcoming May issue of GQ, out Thursday, the magazine's Features Director Jonathan Heaf visited Bogatar, Colombia with war photographer Giles Duly to report on the work of The HALO Trust in the area. After over five decades of civil war, Colombia's mountainsides are pitted with landmines, many of which have claimed Colombian victims' lives or limbs. Heaf spoke to some of these "forgotten" victims, as well as brave men and women "demining" Colombia. Below are some preview quotes from the feature:
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GQ's feature on landmines in Colombia, "Explosive Peace", by Jonathan Heaf will be in the new May issue of the magazine, out tomorrow.
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