2025 has been a busy and impactful year for MLI’s Children Against Mines Program (CHAMPS)! Since 2003, CHAMPS has engaged schools and community groups across the United States, connecting students, teachers, and local leaders to learn about the devastating impact of landmines—and how they can play a meaningful role in building a safer, mine-free world. MDD Rico performs a mine detection demonstration These presentations feature a live mine detection demonstration by MLI’s canine ambassador,...

The Marshall Legacy Institute (MLI) is headed to Dayton, Ohio, to participate in the 30th Anniversary Commemoration of the Dayton Peace Accords! It has been 30 years since Dayton hosted the peace talks that ended the 3.5-year Bosnian War at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. For 21 of those years, MLI and our partners have been hard at work in Bosnia and Herzegovina, clearing over 3.5 million square meters of land. You can join MLI for a free event on Saturday, October 18, 2025  — the same date...

Meet Rico — MLI’s beloved K9 Ambassador and retired mine detection dog. After six years in Bosnia-Herzegovina saving lives by sniffing out landmines, Rico retired to the U.S. to continue his mission in a new way: educating students about landmine safety and inspiring them to be part of the solution to a mine-free world. Together with MLI’s Educational Programs Director, Anne Wolleyhand, Rico travels to schools across the country through the Children Against Mines Program (CHAMPS) , engaging...