| | 7 Dec | On 07 Dec at a function was organised by College of Military Engineering, Pune. Horizon donated physiotherapy equipment worth Rs Two Lacs for treatment of mentally challenged children. |
| | 5 Dec | Horizon donated one ambulance to Sahyadri Hospital, Pune. Income generated will be transferred to `Samvedana' another charitable trust for medical assistance to the needy. |
| | 30 Nov | Work on Thomaspuri Minefield VA-130 (NH-8 Area C) which was started on 11 Nov 05 had to be suspended due to heavy rains and water logging. |
| | 26 Nov | A cheque of Sri Lankan Rs 70,000/- was handed over to GA Mannar. This is the first installment for setting up of two grocery shops and a tailor shop for distributing the amount to three mine affected individuals of Vankalai village. |
| | 25 Nov | Clearance of Thamaspuri Minefield VA-130 (NH-8, Areas A and B) was completed on 11 Nov. Total 70,414 sq mtrs of area was cleared and handed over to Government Agent, Mannar; on 15 Nov 05. 28 Anti personal mines, three UXOs and one loose detonator were recovered from this minefield. |
| | 23 Nov | Vankalai Sea Site Minefield (VA-191) was cleared between 22 Sep and 27 Oct 05. Total 9274 sq mtrs area was released to Government Agent, Mannar; on 23 Nov 05. 92 Anti personal mines and one loose detonator were recovered from this site and destroyed. |
| | 18 Oct | Sri Lankan news paper `Daily Mirror' published on article titled 'Reclaiming the Paddy Fields and Laughter' covering the demining work of HORIZON. Details could be seen on the following site :-
www.dailymirror.lk/arch/ |
| | 19 Sep-22 Sep | Maj Gen (Rted) SG Pitre, (Chairman) attended the Eighth International Meeting on Mine action at Geneva. |
| | 12 Sep | Mechanical Ground Impactor System (MGIS) developed by HORIZON inducted for field trials in Sri Lanka. |
| | 31 Aug | Clearance of Thomaspari mine field VA 130 (HM-7) in Mannar district was completed on 24 Aug 2005. An area of 1,04,115 sq m has been cleared. 822 Anti personal mines, 5 UXOs and 21 other items were removed and destroyed. The land has been released to Government Agent, Mannar. |
| | 29 Aug | Horizon donated Sri Lankan Rs 1,00,000/- to Rewata Children's Home. |
| | 27 Aug | HORIZON is now ISO 9001-2000 certified organization |
| | 8 Aug-9 Aug | Lead Auditor carried out the audit at the project site for ISO certification. |
| | 11 Jul | Members of Mine Awareness Trust (MAT) visited the project site. |
| | 7 Jun | Final trials of MGIS carried out at Nasik. Equipment found suitable for employement and decision taken to induct in Sri Lanka. |
| | 31 May | Clearance of Thomaspuri minefield, which was suspended due to heavy water logging in Dec 2004 completed and handed over to GA, Mannar.
Area Cleared - 112240 Sq Mtrs.
Anti-personnel mines - 1029.
Anti-tank mines - Three.
UXOs - Eight and
Loose detonators - 142. |
| | 23 May | Director Operations joined the correspondence course being conducted by UNITAR. |
| | 15 May | Demining with local deminers commenced. Strength of expatriates reduced to 11. |
| | 1 May | NSCMA issued instructions that locals be employed on demining task and number of expatriates reduced to supervisory staff only. Accordingly 30 locals were selected and their training commenced. |
| | 24 Mar | A revision of SOP apropos the training in REDS undertaken. |
| | 16 Feb | Documentary film of HORIZON activities released. |
| | 1 Feb | Demining team inducted. Composition
Project Manager
Operations Officer
Medical Officer
Deminers - 32 and
Administrative Staff - Eight. |
| | 30 Jan | Funding for the demining project for the year approved by Royal Norwegian Embassy. |
| | 22 Jan-29 Jan | Training of Team Leaders (Train the Trainers) conducted at Vavuniya by experts under the agies of Norwegian People's Alliance(NPA). Training aimed at mastering the Rakes Excavation Demining System (REDS). |
