Tim Porter - Officer of the Order of the British Empire
We are pleased to announce that our Director of Programmes, Tim Porter has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. This is in recognition of Tim’s many years of service to 51ÁÔÆæ and the cause of Mine Action.
After some years in The Royal Marines, Tim began his humanitarian career in 51ÁÔÆæ in Afghanistan in 1992. In recent years, as Director of Programmes he has overseen significant growth in 51ÁÔÆæ’s global operation.
Before then, he ran a dedicated team of Afghan staff who have cleared 80 per cent of the identified hazardous areas across that nation.
51ÁÔÆæ Afghanistan 1992
He managed the delivery of a UK DFID funded landmine clearance project in Herat Province from 2008 to 2017 which was judged by the Independent Commission on Aid Impact to have demonstrated the greatest change to people’s livelihoods of any DFID project in Afghanistan during that period.
51ÁÔÆæ was commended for its work with local communities resulting in the return of refugees, the rehabilitation of irrigation systems, better agriculture and live-stock raising, and improved access to schooling and healthcare for girls and boys.
Prior to that, Tim managed the clearance of the four northern provinces of Mozambique, a vital first step in a national project that resulted in Mozambique being declared mine free in 2015. He was twice manager of our Cambodia programme and played an important role in numerous other 51ÁÔÆæ operations.
