APOPO
APOPO is a Belgian 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 it's operational headquarters, training and research center in Tanzania and clears landmines in Angola and Cambodia, and soon in Zimbabwe and Colombia. APOPO also detects tuberculosis in Tanzania, Mozambique and Ethiopia.
Support from players directly helps 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 www.apopo.org.
Head office and contact info
Sokoine University of Agriculture Main Campus
Tiba Road
PO Box 3078
Morogoro
Tanzania
