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Golden West Humanitarian Foundation

Field	Value
name	Golden West Humanitarian Foundation
type	Non-Governmental Organisation
foundation	1998
location_city	Woodland Hills
location_country	United States
location
locations
area_served	global
industry	Landmine relief
homepage	www.goldenwesthf.org

Golden West Humanitarian Foundation is an American Non-profit (501C3) organisation that develops technology to address the technical limitations of humanitarian mine clearance. The Golden West Humanitarian Foundation is based in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.

History

The Golden West Humanitarian Foundation was founded in 1998 to address shortcomings in humanitarian mine clearance.

Role in Mine Action

Research and development

Explosive Harvesting Program

The Explosive Harvesting Program (EHP) is a manufacturing program which recycles the explosives contained in stockpiled explosive ammunition into the explosive charges used for humanitarian mine clearance. |url-status = dead

Cluster Munitions Destruction

In 2010, the GWHF worked with Norwegian People's Aid in a groundbreaking cluster bomb stockpile destruction program. |url-status = dead

Mine Risk Education (MRE)

Undercover UXO: Game for $100 Laptop (OLPC)

GWHF partnered with the Michigan State University M.I.N.D. Lab to develop a game for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) platform that teaches children the indicators of land mine and unexploded ordnance contamination. |url-status = dead This game underwent field trials in Cambodia in June 2010. | access-date = 2010-09-11

Indicator Program

The Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has developed what they call the "Indicator Program", which trains people of all ages how to recognize the indicators of land mine and UXO contamination. This program has been deployed in Mozambique, Angola and Azerbaijan, and Cambodia.

Vinh & Trinh's Adventure

The GWHF published a 34-page illustrated storybook titled Vinh & Trinh's Adventure. The book is designed to teach Vietnamese children the dangers of unexploded ordnance, and it has received positive reviews.

Current Operations

Cambodia

In Cambodia, the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation is partnered with the Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC) to provide research and development support to mine action activities in the Kingdom of Cambodia. These activities include the Explosive Harvesting Program, Mine Risk Education

Central America

The Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has undertaken ordnance stockpile destruction programs for the Organization of American States.

Vietnam

In 2009, the GWHF partnered with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation to undertake a research and development project sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.{{citation | archive-date = 2011-10-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111006232150/http://photos.state.gov/libraries/vietnam/8621/pdf-forms/15anniv-UXO-Demining-FactSheet.pdf | url-status = dead

Past Operations

Angola

In Angola, the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has introduced their "Indicator Program", a Mine Risk Education program designed to teach the indicators of land mine and UXO contamination.

Azerbaijan

In Azerbaijan, the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has introduced their "Indicator Program", a Mine Risk Education program designed to teach the indicators of land mine and UXO contamination.

Moldova

In 2009 & 2010, the GWHF worked on a cluster bomb disposal project in the Republic of Moldova.

Mozambique

In Mozambique, the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has introduced their "Indicator Program", a Mine Risk Education program designed to teach the indicators of land mine and UXO contamination.

Nicaragua

In Nicaragua, the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has worked with the Organization of American States on stockpile destruction programs.

References

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