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    APOPO trains African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) to utilize their exceptional sense of smell in humanitarian detection efforts. It takes nine months to fully train a ‘HeroRAT’ and they can live up to eight years. These intelligent rats are socialized from a young age, and then taught to detect a particular scent through a combination of click training and food rewarding. APOPO currently trains rats for landmine detection or tuberculosis screening. APOPO aims to build capacity through job creation and skillsharing, thereby encouraging local communities to take action in an effort to help solve the humanitarian challenges they face.

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    APOPO trains African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) to utilize their exceptional sense of smell in humanitarian detection efforts. It takes nine months to fully train a ‘HeroRAT’ and they can live up to eight years. These intelligent rats are socialized from a young age, and then taught to detect a particular scent through a combination of click training and food rewarding. APOPO currently trains rats for landmine detection or tuberculosis screening. APOPO aims to build capacity through job creation and skillsharing, thereby encouraging local communities to take action in an effort to help solve the humanitarian challenges they face.

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    Staff Rat Factsheet

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    Inne ten Have
    APOPO trains African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) to utilize their exceptional sense of smell in humanitarian detection efforts. It takes nine months to fully train a ‘HeroRAT’ and they can live up to eight years. These intelligent rats are socialized from a young age, and then taught to detect a particular scent through a combination of click training and food rewarding. APOPO currently trains rats for landmine detection or tuberculosis screening. APOPO aims to build capacity through job creation and skillsharing, thereby encouraging local communities to take action in an effort to help solve the humanitarian challenges they face.

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    Staff & Rat Fact Sheet

    APOPO’s Staff APOPO’s HeroRATs

    64 local staff in Tanzania: 364 rats in total:

    • Landmine detection / • 233 landmine detection rats in


    Remote Scent Tracing various stages of training and
    o 24 HeroRAT Trainers accreditation in Tanzania
    o 5 Operational Staff • 34 accredited Mine Detection Rats
    o 19 Support Staff (MDRs) operational in Mozambique
    • 38 Tuberculosis detection rats
    • Tuberculosis detection in Tanzania
    o 8 HeroRAT Trainers
    • 13 Remote Scent Tracing rats
    o 4 Operational Staff in Tanzania
    o 4 Support Staff
    • 46 rats in breeding program
    109 local staff in Mozambique:

    • 18 HeroRAT Trainers
    • 62 Operational Staff
    • 29 Support Staff

    15 Members of the Management Team

    11 Board Members

    Doc#: US1:5799152v8

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