The Mine Mark Foundation conducted several projects in Azerbaijan.
In April 2019, Mine Mark had its first pilot project in Jojuq Merjanli with support of the Mine Action Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan (ANAMA). During a meeting with pupils at the secondary school, named after Novruz Aslanov in Jojuq Marjanli village, detailed information on mine safety was provided, and various educational games were played with the children. MINE MARK’s heroes and games made a great impression on children. Additionally, The Foundation’s delegation met with internally displaced persons settled in the Masazir settlement of Absheron region and engaged with secondary school pupils through educational materials created and provided by the MINE MARK Foundation.
In January 2021, within the framework of cooperation between Mine Mark and ANAMA, an awareness-raising project was implemented in Azerbaijan to inform about the dangers associated with explosive remnants of war. Jointly, we printed and submitted 3,250 brochures, 1,500 posters, and 3,010 stickers. Mine Mark Foundation also donated 4000 manat emergency relief donation during November 2020 escalation of the conflict.
In June 2022 the Mine Mark team conducted another field visit to Azerbaijan to test the recently developed Gaming Application for Mine Education (GAME) in several schools in the regions of Aghdam and Baku. School children of school No. 32 of the Aghdam region located within the Gobu Park 1 residential complex in the Garadagh district and pupils of the Technical Subject Lyceum No. 14 located in Dordyol settlement in the Aghdam region were educated in interactive explosive ordnance risk education sessions.
In April 2022, Mine Mark team, in partnership with the State Committee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, trained nearly 50 school teachers in Azerbaijan on the EORE and the use of our online gaming platform to instil mine awareness in children. This is part of a long-term project with the state to prepare internally displaced persons for the return to their homes in formerly occupied territories. This train-the-trainers session enabled the participating teachers to then effectively cascade EORE to school children through the game.
In June 2023, Two surgens, Marcello and Ernesto from successfully raised 850 euros. Raised funds were used to buy laptops for a refugee school in Azerbaijan. Starting from September 2023, the children in Agdam (Ağdam Rayon 14 nömrəli Texniki Fənlər Təmayüllü Məktəb Lisey) had the opportunity to use these laptops during their computer science classes and also get to play Mine Mark GAME, an educational game that raises awareness about the risks of landmines and other explosives.
In 2023, in partnership with Computer Aid and the State Committee with work with Diaspora of Azerbaijan, we delivered 42 laptops to refugee schools in Azerbaijan. These laptops play a crucial role in our mission to provide essential explosive ordnance risk education to refugee schools across the country. The laptops were given to State Committee for Affairs of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons.
In 2024, Mine Mark team conducted trainings in two Refugee and IDP schools in Baku, Azerbaijan. This initiative is part of our collaboration with the State Committee for Affairs of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons and the State Committee on Work with Diaspora of Azerbaijan.
