XTX Markets supports life-saving landmine clearance in Ukraine with $1 million donation to The HALO Trust
LONDON, June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The HALO Trust, the world's largest landmine clearance charity, has received a $1 million donation from leading algorithmic trading firm XTX Markets to support its mine clearance operations in Ukraine.
- LONDON, June 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The HALO Trust, the world's largest landmine clearance charity, has received a $1 million donation from leading algorithmic trading firm XTX Markets to support its mine clearance operations in Ukraine.
- HALO, which currently has 800 staff in eastern and southern Ukraine and around Kyiv, will use the XTX funding to equip and train hundreds of new deminers.
- Simon Coyle, Head of Philanthropy at XTX Markets, commented: "XTX Markets is committed to supporting the immediate humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and the rebuilding of the country and its prosperity.
- HALO has cleared over 1.9 million landmines, 1.5 million pieces of unexploded ordnance and 10 million bullets in the last three decades.