APOPO

APOPO is a Global NGO that uses African giant pouched rats to detect landmines and tuberculosis using their extraordinary sense of smell.

APOPO is a global non-profit organization that trains African giant pouched rats (fondly nicknamed ‘HeroRATs’) to save lives by detecting landmines and tuberculosis in economically challenged countries.

APOPO has its operational headquarters, training and innovation center in Tanzania and clears landmines in Cambodia, Angola and Zimbabwe. APOPO also detects tuberculosis in Tanzania, Mozambique and Ethiopia.

Support from players will directly help people across the world who live in fear of landmines or who are hindered by tuberculosis.

The rats are trained through clicker/reward methods, receiving tasty banana treats when they identify explosives or tuberculosis. They are never harmed because they are too light to actually set off any landmines.

For more information, visit their website. 

Apopo Impact Report 2018