Learning to Disarm, Learning to Lead In 1998 the Ministry of Defense created a special unit to stop the chain of accidents and to start cleaning the mess of landmines. I moved from Hookas to Tirana and was asked to help set up the division. Under the Partnership for Peace alliance came teams from the… Continue reading A Short History: Humanitarian Mine Action Albania – Chapter 4
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A Short History: HMA in Albania – Chapter 3
Accidents in the Field, and the start of a Fledgling Democracy As seen through the eyes of Arben Braha, Albania’s 1st EOD Tech & HMA Program Founder My wife, Rudina, and I met when we were very young. She grew up in a military family and she understood the life, the early calls, the long… Continue reading A Short History: HMA in Albania – Chapter 3
A Short History: HMA in Albania – Chapter 2
Military Academy and the Last Hanging As seen through the eyes of Arben Braha, Albania’s 1st EOD Tech, HMA Program Founder I entered the military academy in 1985. I chose the army because it felt like the only path that was open to me, and because I wanted to serve and to make some kind… Continue reading A Short History: HMA in Albania – Chapter 2
A Short History: Humanitarian Mine Action in Albania
As seen through the eyes of Arben Braha, Albania’s 1st EOD Tech, HMA Program Founder & a good friend to all “The past is never dead. It is not even past.” William Faulkner wrote that, it is the quote that welcomes visitors to the BunkArt2 Museum in Tirana, and it follows me like a shadow.… Continue reading A Short History: Humanitarian Mine Action in Albania
WHITE PHOSPHORUS DISPOSAL IN GUATEMALA
The Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has deep roots in the Americas with projects completed in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, Chile, Peru, and Paraguay. Over the past twenty-five years, we supported the Organization of American States, U.S. Department of State, and GICHD throughout the hemisphere with both explosive ordnance disposal (in this case,… Continue reading WHITE PHOSPHORUS DISPOSAL IN GUATEMALA
25th Anniversary Gala Dinner Tirana, Albania.
https://goldenwesthf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Gwhf-25Th-Anniversary-Gala-Albania-2-Min-GW.mp4 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner Tirana, Albania. April saw the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation conference in Tirana Albania, “25 Years of Innovation, 25 Years Saving Lives, 25 Years Ahead”. It was the first time since Covid that our leadership team were able to connect in one place. After 3-days of planning and team building, we… Continue reading 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner Tirana, Albania.