Angola [funded by EC, USA, Germany, Canada]
Santa Barbara and NPA continue field work in Bengo and Uige provinces, respectively.

Democratic Republic of Congo [funded by Canada]
With funding from Canada, SAC and DanChurchAid will conduct an enhanced Preliminary Opinion Collection to the district level in 2007.

Ethiopia [funded by EC, Norway, USA, Germany, Netherlands]
The UN Certification Committee certified the Landmine Impact Survey on 8 December.

Somalia (Phase 3: Sanaag & Sool regions) [funded by EC through UNDP/UNOPS]
Field work continues in Sanaag and Sool. Mike Kendellen conducts monitoring visit to Hargeisa.

Sudan [funded by Canada]
Mines Advisory Group completes field work in Blue Nile state. Thirty-three impacted communities identified with 2 High, 2 Medium and 29 Low impacted; 10 recent victims identified and 61 SHAs. Mike Kendellen visits to begin writing the final report for the Blue Nile and monitor project. Kassala, Red Sea and Northern Bahr el Ghazal are next states to survey. Kassala to begin in February.

Informal Village Demining [funded by U.S. Department of State]
Dr. Michael Fleisher is in Afghanistan researching informal village demining. Next month he will conduct research in Angola.

LIS Explorer Upgrade [funded by U.S. Department of State]
Subcontractor ThinkGeo LLC of Lawrence, Kansas continues the software development to upgrade the LIS Explorer. Four new country databases are being added and improvements are being made to the performance and user interface. The completed upgrade should be posted on the SAC website in March.

Mine Information Matrix [contracted by Marshall Legacy Institute with funding from the U.S. Department of State]
SAC, Marshall Legacy Institute, and James Madison University – Mine Action Information Center are researching key mine affected countries.