A short film by documentarian Marco Grob and narrated by Daniel Craig follows “Douglas”, a UNMAS demining technician in Mali, who risks his life day in and day out in an effort to uncover and dispose of “the leftover detritus of war”.
A short film by documentarian Marco Grob and narrated by Daniel Craig follows “Douglas”, a UNMAS demining technician in Mali, who risks his life day in and day out in an effort to uncover and dispose of “the leftover detritus of war”.
The State Journal, West Virginia’s Business Newspaper, recently published a feature about the Schonstedt Humanitarian Demining Initiative (SHDI): Small Kearneysville company recognized for big donations Posted: Mar 07, 2014 2:59 PM EST By Linda Harris, Legal Reporter There are days when Bob Ebberson and his co-workers at Schonstedt Instrument Co. must feel a little like David battling Goliath. Small by any standards — there are just 25 employees in the company — Kearneysville-based Schonstedt is trying to make the world just a little bit safer by donating hand-held magnetic locators to people in war-torn world communities to help them find…
The legacy of thirty years of conflict has left communities in Afghanistan facing many problems. One of the great challenges the country faces is ridding itself of unexploded ordnance (UXO) and stray ammunition (SA) that lies hidden, scattered across the whole country. Many of these items have lain dormant for many years waiting to injure unsuspecting civilians who unearth them when tending to their land or used by insurgents to destabilize the country and work against the GoIRA and its people. The donation of 12 x Schonstedt GA-72Cd magnetic locators has been greatly received by the Mine Action Programme for…
Amy Carlos-Fiscus has to be the luckiest person on earth—or at least the luckiest in Jefferson Township, PA, where she is Secretary/Treasurer of the Township’s 24 departments. Why so lucky? Well, she entered only one Round (#3) of the six rounds of the 2013 Great Locator Giveaway, so out of six possible entries per participant, her single entry was chosen at random out of more than 6,000 in all! OK these aren’t lottery-sized odds but, as Amy reported, “I feel very very very lucky. I still can’t believe it.” When asked how many Schonstedt locators were in use among the…
60 Winners of $60 Gift Certificates were drawn at random from more than 1100 entries in Round #6, the Final Round, of the 2013 Great Locator Giveaway. here
Chris Brown, PLS, of Quantum Spatial in Portland Oregon was drawn as the Winner of the Great Locator Giveaway #6, the final Giveaway for 2013! Chris claimed a GA-92XTd magnetic locator as his prize. But Wait, There’s More: The Grand Prize Drawing! Chris Brown joins all other entrants in the 6 Locator Giveaways for the drawing of a 7-Day Cruise for Two. ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON ON THIS WEBSITE!
The Schonstedt Humanitarian Demining Initiative (SHDI) continues to support the United Nations Mine Action Service in its efforts to eradicate explosive remnants of war from countries around the world. In recognition, and in addition to a permanent display of a Schonstedt demining tool at the United Nations, a second unit is now featured in a recently opened exhibition in the Visitor’s Center at UN Headquarters in New York.
Daniel Shultz, Senior Engineering Tech for the City of Conroe, Texas, was named the winner today of the Great Locator Giveaway #5. Daniel chose a GA-92XTd magnetic locator as his prize. And he writes, “Through working in my profession for many years I have found that the use of the Schonstedt Magnetic Locator has been a crucial help in determining the location of property corners and property lines, as well as, helping to locate many manholes that have gone missing from sedimentation and construction activities. I would never go to any project unless I had a Schonstedt within easy access.”…