Donated Mine Detectors Bound for Darfur A shipment of thirty mine detectors will soon be in the hands of United Nations humanitarian deminers in the Darfur region of Sudan. The instruments have been donated by church groups, trade associations, individuals and customers of Schonstedt Instrument Company, which manufactures the demining tools and coordinates distribution to the world’s most mine-infested countries. Schonstedt matches each donated unit and ships them, according to UN priorities, to countries where humanitarian demining is most needed and where it would not otherwise be possible. There, demining teams find and clear explosive remnants of war such as…

In September 2008, Schonstedt Instrument Company and its customers donated thirty demining instruments to the Mine Action Centre for Testing, Development and Training (HCR-CTRO) in Zagreb, Croatia. There they were tested, accredited and integrated into a new training curriculum, with plans to further distribute them to UN Mine Action Programmes throughout the region. On October 31, 2008, graduates of the first course in “Training for UXO Detection and Removal, Level 1” returned to their home countries of Serbia, Monte Negro, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Croatia – along with the units they trained on

Schonstedt Instrument Company would like to congratulate Mr. Chris Clark and all the members of the UN Mine Action Programme in southern Lebanon on the announcement of the 2008 Nansen Award, the top distinction bestowed by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for efforts to assist refugees. Mr. Clark and the programme were awarded the prize for their efforts to eliminate unexploded cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war after the 2006 conflict in Lebanon. Schonstedt is proud that its magnetic locators served as an essential tool in the effort to locate and destroy unexploded cluster munitions and…

This article appeared in the February 2008 issue of Professional Surveyor Magazine and is displayed with permission. Copyright 2008 by Reed Business Geo, Inc. Frank Lenik, LS was the right man in the right place last March, when he spotted the Schonstedt Instrument Company booth at the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping conference in St. Louis, Missouri. A banner at the booth said, “Buy a locator, save a life,” … Download Article in PDF format http://www.profsurv.com

Habitat for Humanity St. Tammany West has completed nearly 70 new homes in an area north of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, and has a construction schedule for 100 more in the next two years. Responding to a need for a magnetic locator to help with the initial surveying of the building sites, Schonstedt has donated a GA-52Cx. According to James Sims, Phase I Construction Supervisor, the Schonstedt instrument “…will save Habitat hundreds of dollars in surveying costs because we will now be able to do the work ourselves without delay. This tool will definitely speed up the process on…