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WE TRAIN

TO SAVE LIVESRATS

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OUR IMPACTMINE ACTION

DETECTING TB

LANDMINES AND UXO DESTROYED

ADDITIONAL TB CASES DETECTED

TOTAL SAMPLES SCREENED FOR TB

LAND RELEASED FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES

PEOPLE FREED FROM THE THREAT OF EXPLOSIVES

POTENTIAL TB INFECTIONS HALTED

68,380

9,127

338,725

25,758,470 m2

914,452

36,710

APOPO

TUBERCULOSISApproximately nine million new cases of global tuberculosis occur every year, in 2014 9.6 million were infected, 1.5 died. Public clinics in many de-veloping countries detect TB in less than 50% of patients who actually have the disease. Left un-treated a TB sufferer can infect up to 10 other peo-ple in a year and will probably die.

ANIMAL WELFARE

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RATSLIVES

WE TRAIN

TO SAVE

MINE ACTIONLong after conflicts have ended, unexploded landmines and other dangerous explosive ma-terial remain buried in the ground. Landmines kill and injure innocent people, many of them women and children. They also block access to sources of water, key routes, agriculture and community expansion. Landmines act as a barrier to development that impacts millions of people in over 50 countries.

ANIMAL WELFARE IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR EVERYONE AT APOPO. We work in partnership with these wonderful animals and do everything we can to ensure that they are treated like the heroes they are. All of our HeroRATs receive an exciting and nutritious diet, a specially designed living space with a friend that they can call their own, bi-weekly health checks by a vet, a stimulat-ing environment, and mandatory petting and cuddles every day from APOPO staff.

If you’re interested please send an email to herorats@apopo.org

Rats have an incredible sense of smell.

The African Giant Pouched Rat has a long life of approximately eight years.

Rats can be transferred between trainers and locations without causing distress

They are cheap to maintain and easy to transport.

Rats are fast, accurate, and efficient in their tasks.

Not a single HeroRAT has ever been hurt or injured as a result of their detection work.

APOPO IS A BELGIAN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERED IN TANZANIA. APOPO USES INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY TO TRAIN RATS AND SOLVE GLOBAL ISSUES.

WANT TO HELP US SAVE LIVES? APOPO NEED VOLUNTEERS LIKE YOU.

APOPO and the HeroRATs are saving thousands of lives across the globe by detecting unexploded landmines and missed cases of tuberculosis.

HeroRATs can search 200 square meters an hour. This could take four days without them.”

GLOBAL ISSUES WHY RATS?

SUPPORT APOPO BY ADOPTING A HERORAT