The document provides information about APOPO, an organization that trains rats to detect landmines and tuberculosis. It lists the impacts of APOPO's work, including the number of landmines destroyed and additional TB cases detected. It also encourages supporting APOPO through fundraising, adopting a HeroRAT, volunteering, or learning more on their website.

1. WWW.APOPO.ORG
There are so many ways that you can support APOPO and
the HeroRATs to save lives. You can hold a fundraising
event, adopt a HeroRAT, give a talk about our work, and
much more. Find more ideas at our website.
GET INVOLVED
Get involved. Learn more and stay connected.
LEARN MORE AND
STAY CONNECTED
https://www.facebook.com/heroRAT
https://twitter.com/HeroRATs
https://instagram.com/herorats
https://www.youtube.com/user/apopovideos
WE TRAIN
TO SAVE LIVES
RATS
WWW.APOPO.ORG
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OUR IMPACT
MINE 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

2. APOPO
TUBERCULOSIS
Approximately 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
FORMOREINFORMATIONVISITWWW.APOPO.ORG
RATS
LIVES
WE TRAIN
TO SAVE
MINE ACTION
Long 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