4% MAG (Mines Advisory Group)

MAG (Mines Advisory Group), is a Manchester based charity, which runs global landmine clearance operations all over the world in areas affected by conflict, removing unexploded arms that continue to kill and maim long after wars have ended. It is one of the world's leading humanitarian organisations, providing conflict-affected countries with a chance for a better future.

© MAG/Sean Sutton We have been able to support a fantastic project in South East Asia, helping fund a team of women deminers (who locate and destroy landmines etc) in Laos, which borders Vietnam. The team will be working to make land safe for one of the poorest communities in the country where 30 years after the Vietnam War people are still suffering the effects. This project isn’t to clear landmines, but bombs that were dropped during the war but failed to go off, remaining as dangerous today as they did three decades ago. Much of the land cleared will be for agricultural use, some is also for clearing pathways to schools and markets.

Some of the projects we support

4% Latin American School for Agroecology - the mission of these schools is to engage and train the movements’ youth to provide technical assistance in agroecology.

4% - Permaculture Institute of El Salvador, Central America - founded by small farmers who wanted to stop the progress of destruction to their environment and way of life

1% - Chorlton Green Festival - is a not-for-profit festival that celebrates all things Green

1% - Abundance Manchester - local community project that harvests fruit and veg.

1% - Climate Camp - equips participants in the skills and knowledge needed to take action against climate change.

View some of the other projects we've supported