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Valeria Fabbroni, a graduate of IDHA 12, which took place at Fordham University in New York in 2003, is the Programme Manager for Lebanon at the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action (FSD). Her daily roles are to supervise and manage teams of deminers, who are working to remove cluster bombs, to fundraise, and to deal with authorities and the army.

FSD has offices in Lebanon, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, Manila, Loas, and Kula Lumpur. Valeria moves between the offices to support fundraising efforts and training for the national staff.

Prior to working with FSD, Valeria was Deputy Programme Manager for Sudan with the Mine Action Group (MAG). She first entered the humanitarian sphere in 1999, working with Cesvi in Kosovo. She has worked in India, the Balkans, Palestinian Territories, Jordan, and Iraq. She is a regular tutor and lecturer on our IDHA and other programs and is a member of the first IDHA Alumni Council.