DEMIRA, or DEMIRA Deutsche Minenräumer e.V. (''German mine clearers''), is an international, humanitarian,

non-governmental organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...

(NGO) registered in Germany. DEMIRA was founded in 1995 in order to provide humanitarian mine clearance, EOD (explosive ordnance disposal), as well as emergency medical aid and disaster relief to people living in postwar countries, and to victims of natural disasters and civil unrest.

History

DEMIRA Deutsche Minenräumer e.V. was founded in 1995 by Martin Auracher. The headquarters were based in Munich until his death in 2016. In 2017, Marcia Auracher-Hamzat became executive director of DEMIRA e.V.. The headquarters are located in Sauerlach, German

Operations

DEMIRA has carried out: * Humanitarian

mine clearance Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area. In military operations, the object is to rapidly clear a path through a minefield, and this is often done with devices such as mine plows and blast waves. By contr ...

, EOD and destruction of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in

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, and

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. * Provided emergency medical aid and disaster relief after the

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in Sri Lanka, in the earthquake region of Kashmir / Pakistan, during the conflict in Lebanon, in the earthquake region in Java / Indonesia and in the Tohoku region in Japan after it was hit by a tsunami. * Carried out minefield surveys and assessments in Somaliland, Lebanon, Croatia, Serbia and in Turkey. * Conducted research and development of multi-sensor technology and mechanical mine clearance in cooperation with the Research Centre of the European Commission in Ispra / Italy, FOERSTER Reutlingen, TNO Netherlands and EMRAD Englan

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* * Organizations established in 1996 Mine warfare and mine clearance organizations Charities based in Germany Non-profit organisations based in Bavaria {{charity-stub

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