[vc_row][vc_column][td_block_16 tag_slug=”APOPO” installed_post_types=”news”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”From Mankind’s enemy to hero.” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]

APOPO is a social enterprise that researches, develops and implements detection rats technology for humanitarian purposes such as Mine Action and Tuberculosis detection. APOPO is a Belgian NGO, with headquarters in Tanzania and operations in Mozambique, Thailand, Angola and Cambodia.

[/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1O_vtfX1sY”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]APOPO’s founder Bart Weetjens saw an opportunity to train African Pouched Rats to save lives. Bart Weetjens was exploring solutions for the global landmine problem. As a rat pet owner, he came across a publication using gerbils as scent detectors.

As animal owners, we value our pets and know how extraordinarily smart they are, but APOPO had come up with a way of working with Pouched Rats to help solve one the biggest modern day problems resulting from war.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Real Problems & Real Results” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]

APOPO, since their first pouched rat Onzo was born in 1998 have made some massive milestones in their goals. Here is just a few

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-bomb” color=”custom” size=”xl” align=”center” custom_color=”#003b66″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apopo.org%2Fmine-action%2Fprojects||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”106,222 landmines and UXO destroyed ” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20px|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apopo.org%2Fmine-action%2Fprojects||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-pagelines” color=”custom” size=”xl” align=”center” custom_color=”#003b66″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apopo.org%2Fmine-action%2Fprojects||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”21,854,737 m2 land released for local communities” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20px|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apopo.org%2Fmine-action%2Fprojects||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-smile-o” color=”custom” size=”xl” align=”center” custom_color=”#003b66″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apopo.org%2Fmine-action%2Fprojects||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_custom_heading text=” 914,452 people freed from the threat of explosives” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20px|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apopo.org%2Fmine-action%2Fprojects||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-user-md” color=”custom” size=”xl” align=”center” custom_color=”#003b66″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apopo.org%2Fmine-action%2Fprojects||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”11,606 additional TB cases detected” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20px|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apopo.org%2Fmine-action%2Fprojects||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-flask” color=”custom” size=”xl” align=”center” custom_color=”#003b66″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apopo.org%2Fmine-action%2Fprojects||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”419,297 total samples screened for TB ” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20px|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apopo.org%2Fmine-action%2Fprojects||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-thumbs-o-up” color=”custom” size=”xl” align=”center” custom_color=”#003b66″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apopo.org%2Fmine-action%2Fprojects||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”82,140 potential TB infections halted ” font_container=”tag:h3|font_size:20px|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apopo.org%2Fmine-action%2Fprojects||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Training a Pouched Rat” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]

Learn more about the process of training pouched rats to save lives in these wonderful videos by APOPO.

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Want to learn more about APOPO and their HeroRats? you can even adopt your very own HeroRat, send them a bunch of bannans or a romantic dinner for two loved up pouchies.

Visit https://www.apopo.org/en/ for more about APOPOs work.

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