Bart Weetjens founded Apopo in 1997 to train rats to detect tuberculosis and landmines through scent. Apopo is headquartered in Tanzania and employs over 200 staff and 300 rats. They use African giant pouched rats to detect TB and have diagnosed over 900 cases in Tanzania. Apopo has provided a low-cost solution to detect humanitarian crises like TB and landmines.

1. Bart Weetjens

2. Information
 He is the founder of a organization called Apopo.
 His organization's main aim is to train rats to detect Tuberculosis by
scent.
 His organisation started in 1997.
 The rats trained in his organisation can also detect land mines by
scent.
 In 2010, his organisation attracted international attention and
featured all over the word .
 His method are still being used all over Latin America and South
East Asia.

3. Information
 Their current headquarters is located Tanzania.
 To solve pressing humanitarian challenges with detection rats
technology is their vision.
 APOPO currently employs over 200 staff for our in-country
operations, and has over 300 rats in various stages of breeding,
training, or implementation.
 African giant pouched rats are important members of their team.
 APOPO is a social enterprise that researches, develops and
disseminates detection rats technology for humanitarian purposes

4. History
 Early research into this technology began in Belgium, with initial
financial support given from the Belgian Directorate for International
Co-operation (DGIS) in 1997 to develop the concept.
 In 2000, APOPO moved its headquarters to Morogoro, Tanzania .
 In 2003, APOPO won the World Bank Development Marketplace
Global Competition, which gave them seed funding to start research
into applications of detection rats technology for Tuberculosis
detection.
 In 2008, APOPO was utilized for the use of rats in the detection of
Tuberculosis.

5. Impact of this venture
 APOPO’s HeroRATS diagnosed over 900 TB patients in Tanzania
and prevented TB infection in 13,500 healthy people.
 It has given less developed countries a very effective way of
detecting tuberculosis (TB).
 Not only that, these rats could also be used to detect landmines.

It has given people a low tech and cost effective detection agent.

6. Credits
 PowerPoint by: Ng Zhi Jie
 Research by: Benjamin and Zahidee
 Layout and planning of the PowerPoint By:
Caleb
 Pictures by: Marc Palao
Thank You!!!!!! 
Links: http://www.ashoka.org/fellow/bart-weetjens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APOPO

7. Credits
 PowerPoint by: Ng Zhi Jie
 Research by: Benjamin and Zahidee
 Layout and planning of the PowerPoint By:
Caleb
 Pictures by: Marc Palao
Thank You!!!!!! 
Links: http://www.ashoka.org/fellow/bart-weetjens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APOPO