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Conflict victimsContext
As a result of decades long conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Azerbaijan became one
of the most mine-polluted countries in the world with more than 13% of its territory affected by estimated 1.5 million mines and an unknown number of unexploded ordnances. From 1991 to 29 July 2025 more than 3,400 victims of explosive weapons have been registered, 330 of them received injuries and 70 lost their lives since the end of the war in November 2020.
Project goals
The goal of the project is to provide explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) to
600 children and their adult family members resettled back to their hometowns on the liberated territories, and reduce death and injury rate from landmines and UXOs using the power and popularity of football in the country.
Project content
The “Mine and Unexploded Ordnance Awareness” project combines explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) trainings by the Mine Action Agency of The Republic of Azerbaijan (ANAMA) and other relevant authorized institutions with the participation of football players, various promotional activities and grassroots football festival for children with the focus on EORE.
At the EORE trainings, football players stress the importance of the topic, quiz children on the material and answer their questions about football before an autograph session. All children receive backpacks, T-shirts, brochures and other printed materials with safety messages.
A3 Posters (50 x school), 8 informational boards (2 boards x 4 locations) with football players and safety messages in Azerbaijani to be delivered and installed in schools and centers of the community.
Short promotional videos to be produced for the social media with football players delivering safety messages to general public in Azerbaijani.
Below are planned project activities with the timeline:
| Project stage | Date | Location |
| short promo videos with football players | throughout the project | online |
| 1st stage: | ||
| EORE trainings, infoboards installation | June 2026 (exact dates TBD) | Lachin and Shusha, Azerbaijan |
| Grassroots football festival | June 2026 (exact dates TBD) | Lachin, Azerbaijan |
| 2nd stage: | ||
| EORE trainings, infoboards installation | Oct-Nov 2026 (TBD) | Aghali village (Zangilan) and Fuzuli, Azerbaijan |
| Project end | 16-Nov-26 | - |
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