The Golden West Humanitarian Foundation is a United States based non-profit charity dedicated to the development of innovative technologies, training, storage, and techniques that are used to enhance the global effectiveness of the humanitarian mine action community.
Since 1998, the Golden West Humanitarian Foundation has been a leading American NGO working in humanitarian mine action. We address critical shortfalls in heavily UXO and mine-impacted countries across the globe. Each year we have built on our innovative work from the past, uncovering and addressing challenges that hinder clearance efforts.
Golden West doesn’t accept the status quo. If a solution cannot be found, we’ll design, test, and make it ourselves. We operate an Advanced Technical Training Center (ATTC), a stand-alone program designed to provide advanced EOD training. The ATTC allows us to create individualized training curricula. This unique training facility allows us to provide a genuinely holistic approach to each of our partners. We are dedicated to building an international support system that leads to improved PSSM practices worldwide. Through our hands-on, practical education methods, the Golden West PSSM program offers every partner a sustainable path towards safely managing their munitions.
Golden West Humanitarian Foundation works with civilians, police, and militaries worldwide, imparting our training to improve the safety and efficiency in bomb disposal and the management of arms and ammunition. We focus on sharing knowledge and creating safer communities through immersive, expert-led training programs. Training occurs at both a provincial or “localized” level and a more individualized and sustainable scale through our train-the-trainer program at our Military Technical Academy. Our curriculum enables our partner nations to build their knowledge base and continue managing unexploded ordnance after non-governmental organizations have departed.
Golden West serves conflict-affected people around the world. We listen to their needs and then deploy our technical expertise in the most impactful way possible. We put our first-hand knowledge to work on behalf of communities around the world.
