Country: Somalia
Project Code: P10-SM07
Pillar: Mine clearance
Appealing Agency: Humanitarian Demining Italian Group (HDIG)
Implementing Partners: Somaliland Mine Action Centre (SMAC)
Summary Objectives: The project will survey and verify suspected hazardous areas and conduct mine clearance with survey and manual clearance sections. It will train local personnel on mine clearance and explosive ordnance disposal; mark areas polluted by mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) to prevent accidents; and conduct rapid mine clearance of areas needed for village reconstruction, aid distribution, recovery of agriculture, free circulation and the safe resettlement of refugees.
Activities:
- Train and organize local personnel in a survey and demining brigade.
- Conduct assessment surveys in areas suspected of contamination.
- Mark areas that are mined and at risk.
- Perform mine clearance for emergency situations.
- Carry out manual demining.
- Destroy UXO, ammunition and weapons stocks.
Expected Outcomes:
- Around 800,000 square metres will be surveyed.
- Clearance will take place on around 20,000 square metres, particularly those that require the most urgent responses.
- UXO and weapons will be destroyed.
- Around 20 kilometres of roads will be cleared to three metres on every side.
Project Budget: $1,197,000
Project Duration: January 2010 through December 2010
Budget Shortfall: $1,197,000
Targeted Beneficiaries: An estimated 20,000 people in Somaliland, particularly farmers, livestock, breeders, nomadic people
| BUDGET ITEMS In US$ | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Salaries | 442,813 |
| Capital costs (equipment, supplies) | 225,448 |
| Operational costs | 472,514 |
| Overhead and contingency | 36,225 |
| Administrative costs | 20,000 |
| Total | 1,197,000 |
Gen.C.A. Vittorio Bernard; President; Humanitarian Demining Italian Group (HDIG); Tel: 39 06 5021557
Ten. Gen Mario Pellegrino; Project Manager; Humanitarian Demining Italian Group (HDIG); Tel: 39 06 24302967; e-mail: mapelmapel@tiscali.it
last edited: Oct 27, 2009