MAF in Angola
MAF began operating in Angola in 1989 to provide essential support for NGOs, missions and churches in a country still in the grip of civil war.
In the 27 years of fighting from 1975 to 2002,1.5 million lives were lost and 4 million displaced
During that time, the warring MPLA and UNITA parties laid an estimated 10 million landmines in strategic locations, encircling communities and endangering roads.
Today, MAF partners like HALO are helping to recover these landmines one by one, improving the prospects of 21.47 million Angolans, many of whom rely on subsistence agriculture for their livelihoods. Where hundreds of landmines used to be, now tens of thousands of acres have been reclaimed.

