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The HALO Trust is a non-political and non-religious registered British charity and American non-profit organization which removes debris left behind by war, in particular land mines, with nearly 8,000 mine-clearers. HALO's largest operation is in Afghanistan, where the organization operates as an implementing partner of the Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan (MAPA). HALO's global headquarters are located in Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in a converted stable block. HALO has US offices located in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, California. HALO has won awards for its work including the Overall Winner at the Charity Awards in 2012.〔http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/charityawards/event_highlights/news_from_the_night/content/13961/how_the_halo_trust_won_overall_winner_of_the_charity_awards_2012〕 The trust has a budget of approximately £25m (approximately $40m) and receives support from the governments of Norway, Germany, Netherlands and Finland. In 2014, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office supported HALO with £2.8m.〔http://www.halotrust.org/sites/default/files/Signed%20accounts_31%20March%202014%20-%201%20MB_0.pdf〕 == History == The organization was founded by Guy Willoughby and Colin Campbell Mitchell, a British member of Parliament and former colonel in the British Army. Guy Willoughby won the Robert Burns Humanitarian Award in 2009〔http://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/may/17/land-mines-halo-trust-award〕 HALO is a contrived acronym for "Hazardous Area Life-support Organization". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HALO Trust」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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